Suspected of being at the origin of several messages threatening attacks on the digital workspaces of numerous establishments.
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CORRECTION. In a previous version of this article, franceinfo announced that a 19-year-old young man had been arrested as part of the investigation into attacks on ENTs received by numerous educational establishments, relying on a source close to the investigation, which also specified that the suspect admitted the facts. This was incorrect information. We apologize to our readers for this error.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirms the arrest and placement in police custody on Thursday March 28 of a young minor in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine) as part of the investigation into attacks on Digital Work Spaces (ENT). ) received by many educational establishments since last week.
It is not a 19-year-old young person, as initially reported by a source close to the investigation, the prosecution wanted to correct, which added that the suspect did not recognize the facts because he did not not yet been auditioned, “so that none of the statements he could have made are confirmed“. This minor is suspected by officers of the anti-cybercrime office of being at the origin of several messages threatening attacks on these ENTs, with also the sending of a beheading video.
Three ongoing investigations
Three investigations are opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office. The first concerns the messages broadcast via the ENTs of high schools in Île-de-France on the night of March 20 to 21, 2024. The second concerns messages broadcast via the ENTs of Île-de-France colleges during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The third investigation concerns messages broadcast throughout France since last week. “Its purpose is to centralize open investigations by the various public prosecutor’s offices concerning messages broadcast via the ENTs of other regional jurisdictions. the prosecution told franceinfo.
The three investigations were opened for “attacks on an automated data processing system implemented by the State”, “threats of death or dangerous damage to people against a project manager public service”, “apology of terrorism by means of an online public communication service”, “provocation to an act of terrorism”, “identity theft” and “disclosure of false information in order to make people believe in a dangerous destruction”. Some 130 establishments were targeted throughout the country.
