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with just hours before france chooses a new president, the authorities have warned the public and the media not to share emails and documents hacked from the centrist candidate, emmanuel macron. the french election commission said people should act responsibly so as not to alter the integrity of the vote. it said anyone ignoring the advice could be prosecuted. james reynolds is in paris and has sent this report. emmanuel macron arrived last night for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. but whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. his campaign had been hacked. coming at the last hour, his team said, this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. so, who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron has suggested that russian backed hackers were out to get him. but one cyber expert says that this hack looks different. it is very low ....
for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. but whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. his campaign had been hacked. coming at the last hour, his team said, this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. so, who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron has suggested that russian backed hackers were out to get him. but one cyber expert says that this hack looks different. it is very low level for the russians, compared to what they have done in the united states, which was really highly creative and high end information war mixed with hacking and cyber war. what we re right now with macron is very low end, very amateurish. but many french people, here braving the saturday drizzle, don t know much about the hack. on this, the day before the vote, the french media is banned from doing any in depth political reporting. a last minut ....
suggested that russian backed hackers were out to get him. but one cyber expert says that this hack looks different. it is very low level for the russians, compared to what they have done in the united states, which was really a highly creative and high end information war, mixed with hacking and cyber war. what we re witnessing right now with macron is very low end, very amateurish. but many french people, here braving the saturday drizzle, don t know much about the hack. on this, the day before the vote, the french media is banned from doing any in depth political reporting. a last minute hack is dramatic. it shows that emmanuel macron has capable enemies. but it may not change the course of this election. many french people have already decided which way they ll vote. and some have already cast their ballots. these french citizens in canada have made an early start. 47 million voters here in france will soon follow. james reynolds, bbc news, paris. you can keep up to ....
france is going to the polls in a couple of hours for the final round of the presidential election. voters are choosing between the liberal centrist emmanuel macron and the far right leader marine le pen, but the last 2a hours have been dominated by the hacking of the macron campaign. the authorities have warned the public and the media not to share any of the e mails and documents obtained illegally. james reynolds is in paris, and sent this report. emmanuel macron arrived last night for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. but, whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. his campaign had been hacked. coming at the last hour, his team said, this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. so who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron has suggested that russian backed hackers were out to get him. but one cyber expert says that th ....
which saw candidates from the traditional parties rejected, voters have a straight choice between the pro european centrist emmanuel macron and the far right candidate marine le pen. in a moment karin gianone looks at how the final round of voting works, but first here s richard slee on the election battle. today s vote is eating scene is the most important in france for decades. a schmidt is being seen. the two candidates have different views about europe and the future of front in the wider world. the national front‘s marine le pen would close borders and quit the euro. emmanuel macron wants closer european cooperation and an open economy. he is a former economic minister who last year quit the current socialist government to concentrate on his new independent political movement. this campaign was the last victim of a hacking attack which saw an online leak of thousands of emails and documents. the french election watchdog has advised the media not to publish detail ....