“Monday, 122 establishments will explode“, could read the students of certain schools in Hauts-de-France, on their ENT space. This is the message received in particular by the students of a college located in Lille, according to information from theAFPrelayed by The ParisianSaturday March 23, 2024. Several messages threatening attacks were sent Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23, 2024 through the Digital Workspaces. These were hackedaffirms the rectorate of Amiens: “The ENT accounts of several establishments were hacked last night. While the number of establishments having been impacted by this hacking is currently unknown, the threat of attack targets a specific number of establishments: 122. “The threat appears to concern several departments“, notes the rectorate.
Since then, the gendarmerie, the police, the prefecture but also the educational establishments concerned have organized together in order to best manage the resumption of classes Monday March 25. “Concerning the impact on Monday, each situation is managed on a case-by-case basis thanks to coordination between prefecture, police, gendarmerie and establishment“, confirmed the rectorate of Amiens. Finally, “complaints will be filed“, adds the rectorate.
Threats of attacks in schools: a wave that the government is trying to stem
This wave of attack threats is not the first. Wednesday March 20 and Thursday March 21, 2024, around fifty establishments located in Île-de-France were targeted by a similar message. The ENT platform had been hacked in order to broadcast this attack threat message. A beheading video accompanied the message. Gabriel Attal, former Minister of National Education and now Prime Minister, then spoke on Thursday March 21, 2024, as reported The Parisian : “They think they remain anonymous but we track them. They think they are safe but we sanction them. Several dozen perpetrators of these threats, which occurred in recent months, have already been brought to justice.”