Macron’s French presidential campaign emails leaked online
06 May 2017 |
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French presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a "massive" computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online a day and a half before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
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