On the evening of 8 April 2015 , TV5Monde was the victim of a cyberattack by a hacker group known as " CyberCaliphate " , which claimed to have ties to the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) . The hackers breached the broadcaster 's internal systems in what director Yves Bigot described as an " unprecedented " attack , overriding TV5Monde 's broadcast programming for over three hours , with service only partially restored in the early hours of the following morning . Normal broadcasting services were still disrupted late into 9 April . Various computerised internal administrative and support systems including e-mail were also still shut down or otherwise inaccessible due to the attack . The hackers also hijacked TV5Monde 's Facebook and Twitter pages to post the personal information of relatives of French soldiers participating in actions against the organization , along with messages critical of President François Hollande , arguing that the January 2015 terrorist attacks were " gifts " for his " unforgivable mistake " of partaking in conflicts that " serve no purpose "
the January 2015 terrorist attacks
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
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