Putin’s DNC Hackers Actively Targeting French Elections

Putin’s efforts to destabilize Western democratic processes are moving across Europe.

Overview

The same Putin-state backed actors that stole emails from the DNC and John Podesta are targeting campaigns in France in the run up to critical elections in that country. The spear phish campaigns are identical to the attacks that the “Fancy Bear” group launched against the DNC and John Podesta.

Why is this important?

Patrick Tucker, of The Atlantic’s Defense One web magazine, is another example of ahead-of-the-curve serious folk taking seriously weaponized narrative attacks. This one is about attacking the French elections. – Joel Garreau