US accused of hacking French president's office with Flame

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Submission + - US accused of hacking French president's office with Flame (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by

Bismillah

on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @07:17PM

Bismillah writes: "Today's ahem story: the French are accusing the US of hacking into the Elysée, the office of the president of France.

To make it better, the US is said to have used the Flame spyware.

The US is denying the attack took place, but the French are making a big thing about it."

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