VIDEO – The antenna and social networks of the French channel were hacked on Wednesday night by individuals claiming to be Islamic State Group
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“I Am ISIS” here what has been discovered users as they consulted the Twitter pages first, then Facebook Francophone channel TV5 Monde. It sported a profile photo of a masked man wearing a keffiyeh, the black flag Daech and the inscription “CyberCaliphate”. Almost simultaneously, the programs are antennas that have been discontinued. Viewers were then discovered a black screen. The chain, with an international reputation, was the victim of a hacking major Wednesday night by individuals claiming to be Islamic state group.
The attack “with incredible power” began Wednesday around 22h Paris time, specified in the night, the director, Yves Bigot, in a video message. “TV5 Monde was the victim of an extremely powerful cyber attack. This piracy has led all of our eleven chains, nine GPs and two themes, a turn to the black screen and we lost at the same time controlling our social networks and our websites, “he explained then.
Shortly before midnight, the technical teams took control of social networks, posting explanations messages.
However, the website remained “maintenance” Thursday morning
More seriously. Antennas, they remain still disrupted. A recovery program took place around 6am. RTL, Yves Bigot live in 7h log confided not “always be able to broadcast live newspapers [...]. We have a unique signal toward the television that replaces our 11 different programs. ”
In the night to AFP, he had said “start to retransmit a program on a number of areas,” but “our systems have been extremely deteriorated.” A return to normal “will take hours, even days,” he added. It also states that piracy of such power “requires weeks of preparation.”
When contacted by us, Yves Bigot tells us “do not know why TV5 Monde was targeted,” but has advanced an explanation: “One can assume that this is due to its global nature, which allows it to be visible to the media around the world.”
If he admits to not even be able to disseminate the news of the chain at the moment, the channel director hopes a return to normal “at best in late afternoon.” It also recognizes its teams have prepared for this kind of attack, “We had anticipated this kind of attack and have strong security systems and regularly audited. In principle, we were ready. But this attack was very powerful, they obviously knew a lot.
He continues: “We are now waiting for the results of the investigation. The government has given us a moral and logistical support, with the dispatch of experts. “
” Stay away from the Islamic state! “
On the Facebook account of the chain received in more than 200 countries and territories around the world, the pirates of “CyberCaliphate” thus broadcast a message, along with video, a large banner barred the inscription “I Am Isis” and documents presented as identification and French CV relatives of soldiers involved in operations against the IE.
“Soldiers of France, stay away from the Islamic state! You have the chance to save your families, enjoy it, “it said. “In the name of Allah the all Merciful, the Most Merciful, the CyberCaliphate continues to lead his cyberdjihad against the enemies of the Islamic state,” added the text. The message also accused Hollande of having committed “an unforgivable mistake” leading “a war that serves no purpose,” and says the militants are “still investigating military families who have sold themselves to the Americans.”
On Thursday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls denounced in a tweet this piracy as an “unacceptable attack on freedom of information and expression.” Manuel Valls posted in the same message his “full support to the editor.”
The Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visited Thursday morning at the headquarters of TV5 Monde, avenue de Wagram in Paris. “The investigation is launched,” said Bernard Cazeneuve, who posted his determination in the face “to terrorists,” while Fleur Pellerin has announced it will bring together leaders of the mainstream media.
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