MacronLeaks
Unknown: Unresolved; no claim is made.
A trove of emails and documents tied to a French presidential campaign appeared online just before the 2017 run-off. The question was whether it came from a Russian state group.
Confirmed
France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI said it could not attribute the leak to APT28, said it could even be the work of an isolated individual, and said earlier phishing in the campaign was more sophisticated.
Claimed, disputed or not established
Claims of Russian responsibility were made by others but were not supported by the French agency's public statement. The origin is not established in the sources opened.
Reported impact
A reminder that attribution varies case by case: the same period had formal attribution for the DNC leaks and none here.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- Associated Press: French agency cannot attribute the Macron leak ↗https://apnews.com/article/b605ac78b54549d092dd9dfea32dfd9a
- EUobserver: Macron leaks could be isolated individual, France says ↗https://euobserver.com/36760/macron-leaks-could-be-isolated-individual-france-says/
Connected
- Related leaks: DNC and campaign emails: Guccifer 2.0 and DC Leaks
- Case board · Timeline (2017) · Document vault · How we verify leaks
This page describes and cites public reporting. It does not host or link to leaked files, and it names no private individuals.