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Primaire de la gauche : la plateforme "victime d'une cyberattaque", le vote prolongé jusqu'à dimanche 18 h

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  1. Confirmed Selon les organisateurs de la primaire sociale-démocrate, la plateforme de vote électronique a été victime d'une cyberattaque dès son ouverture, le vendredi à 8 heures.

    AI Multiple results attribute to the organizing commission the claim that the electronic voting platform was hit by a cyberattack from the opening of voting at 8 a.m. on Friday. The results do not address the exact wording of the attack's purpose beyond what is stated, but the core claim about timing and attribution matches.

  2. Confirmed Le vote, qui devait se terminer le samedi soir, a été prolongé jusqu'au dimanche à 18 heures, annoncé le vendredi soir par la commission d'organisation du scrutin.

    AI Several results state that the primary vote, originally due to close Saturday at 20:00, was extended to Sunday at 18:00 after a cyberattack, as announced by the organizing commission in a communiqué issued Friday evening. The results do not explicitly say 'Friday evening' in every snippet, but the first result places the communiqué on the evening of Friday 9 October.

  3. Confirmed La commission d'organisation de la primaire affirme que la nature de l'attaque consiste à porter au maximum le nombre de connexions simultanées par le biais de bots.

    AI Several results quote the primary's organizing commission (chaired by Patrick Mennucci) in a communiqué from 9 October stating that the attack consists of pushing the number of simultaneous connections to its maximum through bots. The results do not address the exact wording of the communiqué's other details, but the core claim matches.

  4. Confirmed Le scrutin ne comptait que 20 000 votants le vendredi à 19 heures, sur 140 000 inscrits, selon les organisateurs.

    AI Result [1] explicitly states that the vote had only 20,000 voters at 19:00 out of 140,000 registered, as announced Friday evening by the organizers, matching the claim's core figures and timing. The claim's detail that the count was the Friday evening announcement is consistent with the snippet.

  5. Confirmed Les organisateurs assurent qu'à aucun moment la plateforme de vote n'a été interrompue et que l'intégrité des votes enregistrés n'est pas compromise.

    AI Several results quote Patrick Mennucci, president of the primary's commission, saying that the voting platform was never interrupted and that the integrity of recorded votes is not compromised, despite a bot-driven cyberattack. This matches the core of the claim; the results do not say whether other organizers made the same statement.

  6. Confirmed Les organisations politiques parties prenantes ont saisi la justice au sujet de l'attaque.

    AI The first result states that the organizing political formations of the social-democratic primary referred the matter to the courts ('Les formations organisatrices ont saisi la justice') over the cyberattack. The result does not name each formation, so the exact list of parties could not be checked, but the core claim matches.

  7. Confirmed Cinq prétendants se disputent la candidature de la gauche sociale-démocrate à la prochaine élection présidentielle : Raphaël Glucksmann, Olivier Faure, Ségolène Royal, Emmanuel Maurel et Jérôme Guedj.

    AI Multiple results state that five candidates contest the social-democratic/left primary for the 2027 presidential election: Raphaël Glucksmann, Olivier Faure, Ségolène Royal, Emmanuel Maurel and Jérôme Guedj. The results do not explicitly say the candidacy is 'the' candidacy of the left in the exact sense, but the core of the claim (five named contenders for the social-democratic left nomination) is directly supported.

  8. Confirmed Le nombre d'inscrits a largement dépassé les prévisions, qui tablaient sur 90 000 inscrits.

    AI Two results state that the electoral roll exceeded the forecasts, which projected 90,000 registrants. Other results report about 140,000 registrants, which is consistent with a large overshoot, though they do not restate the 90,000 forecast.

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