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‘ISIS hackers’ overtake French TV station
RT,
9
April, 2015, 00:21 Moscow time
Pro-Islamic
State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) hackers attacked French television
network TV5Monde on Wednesday evening, taking hostage the broadcast
of its TV channels, websites and Facebook page, according to the
network.
"We
are no longer able to broadcast any of our channels. Our websites and
social media sites are no longer under our control and are all
displaying claims of responsibility by the Islamic State," the
broadcaster's director general Yves Bigot told AFP.
Nos sites, nos comptes de réseaux sociaux, nos antennes ont été piratés hier, peu après 22H. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche-orient/offensive-jihadiste-en-irak/la-chaine-tv5-monde-victime-d-un-piratage-de-grande-ampleur-par-des-individus-se-reclamant-du-groupe-etat-islamique_871789.html … via @francetvinfo
The
hackers reportedly uploaded various photos to TV5Monde's Facebook
page, claiming to be personal IDs and resumes of relatives of French
soldiers who fought in anti-IS operations. Threats were issued
towards them. The pictures were allegedly visible for a short time
and then disappeared.
"Cybercaliphate Je suis ISIS" (page Facebook de chaine francophone TV5 a été piratée par pro ISIS)
Director
of TV5Monde, Hélène Zemmour, said this was the biggest cyber-attack
the network has seen in the past 30 years, FranceTVInfo reported.
Zemmour said that right after the attack, the channel’s social
network and website displayed threats in French, Arabic and English.
TV5Monde's
Facebook page briefly showed the logo of ‘Cyber Caliphate’ in the
profile picture slot.
Loyalists
of the IS have become more and more active online under that name.
Back
in January the Cyber Caliphate group even hacked into the official
Twitter account of the United States Central Command - CENTCOM. The
hackers sent out a series of tweets from the @CENTCOM account warning
“AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS.”
Similar
cyber-attacks were reported at local Maryland television station and
a New Mexico newspaper in the US. The incidents even prompted an FBI
investigation into the Cyber Caliphate group.
Newsweek’s
Twitter feed was also taken over by hackers, claiming to be part of
the Cyber Caliphate.
Other
incidents claimed by the group included gaining access to Twitter
feed of military spouses, including the account of support group
called Military Spouses of Strength.
The
pro-IS hacking group also attacked the website of the troubled
Malaysia Airlines, with the message “Hacked by Cyber Caliphate”
appearing on the homepage underneath a picture of a well-dressed
lizard in a top hat.
From CNN
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