Relief TV5 Monde, who suffered a catastrophic cyber attack since Wednesday evening. “There is a full resumption of the antenna. Everything works,” said AFP chief editor, Pascal Guimier, late Thursday afternoon.
On Wednesday, around 22 hours, pirates who demanded the organization of the Islamic state have crippled the computer system Francophone international chain first via his Facebook and Twitter accounts and its website, and finally its entire network. TV5 Monde rate rose black screen for several hours before gradually restore its Thursday programs. Live newscasts were able to return them at the end of the day.
“They managed their shot partially”
“To my knowledge, the attack is over. the last problem was overcome because the only thing missing was the info. It has been restored with great evening newspaper, said the editor. I’m happy. It’s going good, I cross my fingers, as long as it lasts. ” Guimier Pascal explained that the newspaper had taken was “abnormally normal”, hailing the “great mobilization” teams.
The attack went to paralyze orders cameras tracking shots and some motorized cameras in the studio. And could even go further on BFM TV, Yves Bigot, general manager of the chain wondered if the hackers did not want to take control of the antenna. “They managed their shot partially, if one considers, as one begins to rumble, they would have also wanted to step in and take our antennas hostage” a- he speculated.
On Thursday morning, while the pirates said target the French army engaged in a war against Daech Matignon had dispatched engineers in IT security to provide technical support to teams in the chain and try to understand the contours of this company hacking, details Le Figaro. According to experts, it would take several days to permanently stop the attack and secure hardware in the future. Meanwhile, following the hacking, the government called on the media to “vigilance”, without elaborating. And stressed that similar attacks could happen again.
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