France sought to keep a computer hack of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron's campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the country's presidential election with a warning on Saturday it could be a criminal offence to republish the data. French media covered the hack in various ways, with left-leading Liberation giving it prominence on its website, but television news channels opting not to mention it. said the leaked documents dealt with the normal operations of a campaign and included some information on campaign accounts. The Kremlin has denied it was behind any such attacks, although Macron's camp renewed complaints against Russian media and a hackers' group operating in Ukraine. Former economy minister Macron's campaign has previously complained about attempts to hack its emails, blaming Russian interests in part for the cyber attacks.

Source: The Star May 06, 2017 10:30 UTC