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French Candidate Emmanuel Macron Says Campaign Has Been Hacked, Hours Before Election

The campaign of centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron says it has been hacked, less than two days before the French presidential election. Fingers are being pointed at Russia.

Less than two days before the high stakes French presidential election Sunday, the campaign of Emmanuel Macron said it had been the target of a massive hack.

Wikileaks posted 9 gigabytes of Macron's campaign data, which is said to include both real and fake documents. Fingers

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