French media groups to hold emergency meeting after Isis cyber-attack

The Guardian ^ | April 9 2014 | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Samuel Gibbs

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France’s culture minister is to call an urgent meeting of French media groups to assess their vulnerability to hacking after the public service television network TV5Monde was taken over by individuals claiming to belong to Islamic State, blacking out broadcasts as well as hacking its websites and Facebook page.

All TV5Monde broadcasts were brought down in a blackout between 10pm and 1am local time on Wednesday to Thursday by hackers claiming allegiance to Isis. They were able to seize control of the television network founded by the French government in 1984, simultaneously hacking 11 channels as well as its website and social media accounts.

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They hacked the Brits too...

[NormsRevenge]

Internet Piracy.

Good luck!

[CondorFlight]

While watching I thought they had hacked CBS, too; but it was just the regular news broadcast...

[DanielRedfoot]

LOL!!!! Brilliant

[RightGeek]

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Typically companies employ different zones within their computer networks to create a multilayered defence so that attackers cannot reach production systems, such as the computers that control broadcasting, even if they hack into a lower level of the network.
Reports indicate that TV5Monde did not use such tactics, making it easier for attackers to damage critical computers and equipment.

The Maginot Line Firewall?

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The Maginot Line Firewall?

Mais oui.