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Ligue 2: Paris FC website hacked

2020-10-26T17:51:09.504Z


The home page of the site of the current leader of L2 was hacked on Monday afternoon. While many French sites have also experienced this challenge


This Monday, a dozen French websites were hacked and displayed Islamist propaganda messages.

Among them that of a football club.

It is not about PSG which must face the Turks of Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday, the favorite club of President Erdogan who strongly criticized Emmanuel Macron after his statements following the assassination of Samuel Paty.

The affected club is Paris FC, current leader of L2.

Hackers based in Bangladesh took control of the home page of the Parisian club's official website on Monday afternoon with an unequivocal message: "You have insulted our prophet and we will take revenge for it unless you apologize to Muslims.

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After a little over an hour, the problem was resolved and the club site was able to return to its normal appearance.

Paris FC declined to comment as it stands.

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But he may not have been targeted at random.

The president of Paris FC Pierre Ferracci is indeed a close friend of Emmanuel Macron.

In July, the Kingdom of Bahrain, which does not have the best relations with Qatar, also entered the club's capital (for 20%) and became its main partner.

Source: leparis

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