TOPSHOT - French newly elected president Emmanuel Macron (C) poses with a woman for a selfie picture as he leaves the hairdresser on May 9, 2017, in Paris.
Emmanuel Macron won 66.1 percent of the vote against 33.9 percent for far-right Front National (FN) leader in France's presidential election, final results from the interior ministry showed on May 8. / AFP PHOTO / Patrick KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)
Digital team filled fake accounts with garbage data to slow information operation.
This could be looked at differently.. as though the Macron team set up fake accounts IN ORDER to get hacked, so that they could drum up sympathy with voters. Hmmm.
Source: Macron campaign team used honeypot accounts to fake out Fancy Bear | Ars Technica
