French TV Network TV5Monde Targeted In 'Pro-ISIS' Cyberattack
An anonymous reader writes French broadcaster TV5Monde [was] today working to regain control of its 11 television channels and online platforms after hackers claiming ties with the Islamic State hijacked its network on Wednesday evening, forcing the media group to show only pre-recorded content. The television network was able to return in part to its planned schedule by 1:00am (23:00 GMT) last night, after the hacking group had suspended its broadcast services for three hours. Yves Bigot, the Parisian company's director general, said that the network had been "severely damaged" by an "unprecedented attack" which would have taken weeks to prepare. The hacking group posted threats and shared a collection of files across TV5Monde's Facebook page which it claimed were copies of ID cards and CVs of relatives of French soldiers involved in anti-IS operations.
More coverage at The Independent, which says the attack "revealed personal details of French soldiers."
they are cowardly surrender monkeys just like me!
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I've always wondered if you could take control of TV transmissions, wouldn't that be a blast to get yourself a few minutes of national air time to say whatever you wanted.
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"French broadcaster TV5Monde [was] today working to regain control of its 11 television channels and online platforms"
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How did the hackers get control of eleven TV5Monde television channels. Technical details please
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Does ISIS leadership actually believe that attacking civilian targets and posting threats like these will aid them in achieving victory?
Is the intent here to frighten their enemies into surrender? I really have a hard time getting my head around how a group as powerful as ISIS would be operating under such incompetent leadership.
Or maybe their intent is to incite greater attacks against them? Maybe in a hope that the retaliation will be visible enough to win some sympathy for their cause? I could maybe buy that, I guess...
Or maybe ISIS has little-to-nothing to do with the attacks, and they are being orchestrated by an intelligence agency that is trying to gain greater power over its own population, and is propping ISIS up as a threat so it can win hearts and minds from the threatened. THAT certainly seems to fit with the ethical standards and apparent agendas of intelligence agencies in the civilized world, these days.
This is the shit that Saddam Hussein was stamping down.
The Middle East has never been at peace and never will. I wish we'd stop meddling and let them solve their own problems their own way and if we don't like it, well tough shit.
This American World Police shit (and sucking in our allies like the French) has got to stop. It's not doing any good and it's costing us hundreds and hundreds of billions. All for what? To piss people off? I have never ever heard of someone from the Middle East say, "Oh thank Allah for America!" I never heard Israel say anything like that either. The Saudis know we're their bitch. So does the Israelis.
I want to puke.
I read the Indy article and it still didn't explain why a TV network had the personal details of French soldiers.
ISIS is against boobies, songs, dancing, food, news and weather. For that, I'm against ISIS because boobies, songs, dancing, food, news and weather makes me feel alive just like Allah intended.
The Middle East has never been at peace and never will. I wish we'd stop meddling and let them solve their own problems their own way and if we don't like it, well tough shit.
Isn't this what we're doing or at least allowing to happen? Finally getting to the point where the Islamists can fight their own version of the 30 Years' War?
Syria is a shredded mess, Lebanon has more factions than LA has street gangs, Iraq is only viable as a state if you close one eye and look at it sideways, Iran's economy is teetering while still trying to maintain some semblance of regional influence in Lebanon, Iraq and now Yemen. Even the Saudis are getting into the game with their air campaign in Yemen and the desire to import a Pakistani mercenary army to fight on the ground.
The way it's going, the Middle East will be as spent and rudderless as it might have been after one of the Roman/Parthian stalemates.
most likely by NSA, to round up support in the "war on terror." To suggest that Isis or any supporters would have the capability to do this is ridiculous.
Did they have the latest version of French Maginot Line Defender installed to protect them from such attacks?
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so the 10 persons watching that channel had pre-recorded content...
seriously, nobody cares about tv5 in france, so tv5 monde.... lol?
Detailed report on the hack (in french): http://www.breaking3zero.com/cyber-attaque-contre-tv5-qui-comment-pourquoi/
I note the malware was able to spread from user's PC to broadcast server, which suggests some kind of OS monoculture.
Of course, the TV was hacked by a group related to the enemy of the day.
Too bad that most of their passwords were written on post-its clearly shown during their transmissions, even after the hacking happened. It seems the "ISIS supporting group" are more likely a bunch of wanna-be hackers that defaced many other websites that shared poorly configured servers and minimal IT resources, such as the Swizerland Boyscout website.
[Source: Paolo Attivissimo's website (in Italian)]
According to this Twitter post, it wasn't that elaborate (original in French).
Translation:
How can one make an elaborate attack against tv5? Read the passwords attached to the wall.
There is some technical coverage of the attack here
Breaking3Zero
- link in French
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