Surprise Victory: Press and Direction Fears

surprise victory: His far-right rival Marine Le Pen, meanwhile, told The Associated Press that she believes she can pull off a surprise victory in the high-stakes vote that could change Europe's direction, according to Toronto Star. Fears of hacking, fake news manipulation and Russian meddling clouded the French campaign but had largely gone unrealized until late Friday's admission by Macron's campaign that it had suffered a co-ordinated online pirate attack had led to the leak of campaign emails and financial documents. Bob Edme / The Associated Press By Elaine Ganley The Associated Press Raphael Satter The Associated Press Fri., May 5, 2017 PARIS The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said it suffered a massive and co-ordinated hacking attack and document leak that it called a bid to destabilize Sunday's presidential runoff. It was unclear who was behind the hack and the leak. Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential campaign suffered similar leaks, and also said that authentic documents were mixed with false documents. Read more Rain or shine, French expats in Canada prepare to pick the next president Article Continued Below Marine Le Pen's party talks election defeat after TV debate clash Neither the navy nor Macron France's coming election SalutinA campaign blackout starting minutes after the Macron team announcement means that Le Pen's campaign can't legally comment on the leak. react-empty 164 In a statement, Macron's En Marche movement said the hack took place a few weeks ago, and that the leaked documents have been mixed with false documents to seed doubt and disinformation and destabilize Sunday's presidential runoff. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.