The Rassemblement National Breach Explains the Low Cost of High-Profile Hacktivism

While major corporations spend an average of $15 million annually on cybersecurity, political parties frequently operate on budgets that leave their digital front doors wide open. On Tuesday, July 21, the main web portal of France's Rassemblement National (RN) went dark, replaced not by campaign promises but by the national flags of Algeria and Morocco. The attackers targeted pages featuring party leader Marine Le Pen, swapping her image for symbols of North African sovereignty.