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Hackers Came, But the French Were Prepared (nytimes.com)
Adam Nossiter, David E. Sanger, and Nicole Perlroth, reporting for the New York Times: Everyone saw the hackers coming. The National Security Agency in Washington picked up the signs. So did Emmanuel Macron's bare-bones technology team. And mindful of what happened in the American presidential campaign, the team created dozens of false email accounts, complete with phony documents, to confuse the attackers (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternative source). The Russians, for their part, were rushed and a bit sloppy, leaving a trail of evidence that was not enough to prove for certain they were working for the government of President Vladimir V. Putin but which strongly suggested they were part of his broader "information warfare" campaign. The story told by American officials, cyberexperts and Mr. Macron's own campaign aides of how a hacking attack intended to disrupt the most consequential election in France in decades ended up a dud was a useful reminder that as effective as cyberattacks can be in disabling Iranian nuclear plants, or Ukrainian power grids, they are no silver bullet. The kind of information warfare favored by Russia can be defeated by early warning and rapid exposure.
Oh look, the "if you don't agree with me you're a racist!" argument. You realize that's why Trump won in the first place?
"White supremacist"? That's pretty funny considering the democrat party had nothing to offer this election cycle but old white people. But how is anything GP said relate to that accusation? You're just pigeonholing now. Besides, I seem to recall Obama mocking Romney over his concern of the Russians and all the democrats laughed and laughed, oh what a good chuckle they had over that. Turns out Romney had a point, but now the Dems have taken the ball and run right out of the stadium with it.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
As ~20% of the seats in the Danish Parliament held by the far-right group 'Dansk Folkeparti', I would hardly say your part of the world is without issues.
New Zealanders are well balanced with a chip on each shoulder. One represents Australia, the other the rest of the world
What I mean by that is that Berlusconi was a rich man whose political beliefs didn't fit perfectly into a major party (and won because of disaffection with mainstream politics) and ran the country to indulge and enrich himself.
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