In the Defense and National Security Council, the President of the Republic asked that " specific vigilance and protection measures "in the field of cybersecurity will be presented to him on February 23. A concern expressed by François Hollande as part of the campaign for the next presidential election in France.
(Defense Council): "maintaining a high level of vigilance and strict security measures over time remains a necessity" pic.twitter.com/D3ZHFB77fw
– Élysée (@Elysee) February 15, 2017
Earlier this week, Emmanuel Macron's campaign team accused Russia of wanting to disrupt the presidential election by cyberattacks, as against the site of En Marche! (the candidate's movement). If attributing with certainty the authorship of a cyber attack is a complex exercise, Russia would in any case play a role in the propagation of false information about Emmanuel Macron.
Russia has obviously denied it, as have Russian media such as Russia Today and Sputnik which are particularly active online.
In the report of the Council of Ministers today, Stéphane Le Foll, the government spokesman, said that on the eve of the presidential elections, " the activities of the hackers have not decreased and have rather increased. "He added that there is no particular concern with Russia.
A proposal to meet with all the political parties involved in the presidential campaign was made in order to give them a " a number of protective elements. "Stéphane Le Foll clarified that only the National Front did not wish to have such information.
With Russian accents or not, all political party and candidate websites should expect to be the target of computer attacks in this period. The promotion window is too good for more or less experienced hackers. Tool updates, like WordPress for example, are not to be overlooked.
