Islamic State linked hackers gain control of French broadcaster TV5Monde

“We’ve been able to restore broadcast of one signal on across all of our channels but cannot send out pre-recorded broadcasts nor restart the production of our news shows,” he told RTL.

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The broadcaster was still trying to figure out how the hackers breached its firewalls, and was working with police and national security authorities.

According to French news agency AFP, the hackers posted documents on TV5Monde’s Facebook page purporting to be the identity cards of relatives of French soldiers involved in anti-Islamic State operations, and threats against the troops.

France is part of the international coalition fighting Islamic State insurgents in Iraq.

Culture and Communications Minister Fleur Pellerin expressed her support of the broadcaster and condemned the hack as “a true terrorist act”. TV5Monde is broadcast in over 200 countries globally.

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