Hacker group Pawn Storm said to have hit France’s Macron with cyber attack
Paris — In recent weeks, French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron has been hit repeatedly by cyber attacks closely resembling those used to infiltrate Democratic Party organizations in the US last year, according to a report by cybersecurity consultant Trend Micro. Trend Micro attributed the attacks to Pawn Storm, which it described as an "active cyber espionage actor group" that has carried out such hits in more than a dozen countries. The French government’s cybersecurity agency Anssi confirmed it had identified such attacks, saying it was "a classic modus operandi of Pawn Storm." It, however, said the attacks could also be the work "other high-level" hackers trying to pin the operations on Pawn Storm. Some cybersecurity experts have linked Pawn Storm to Russian intelligence services, but Trend Micro has no proof of Russia’s involvement, said Loïc Guéza, a Paris-based cybersecurity strategist for the company.
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