William Molinié and Louis de Raguenel 5:43 p.m., January 05, 2023
According to information collected by Europe 1, the Charlie Hebdo website was hacked on Wednesday.
The newspaper's online store and homepage have been hacked.
An investigation was opened, entrusted to the DGSI.
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According to information gathered by Europe 1, the "Charlie hebdo" website was the victim of a computer attack on Wednesday.
The computer services of the satirical newspaper spotted in the afternoon that access to the online store and the home page of the site had been hacked.
Data would also have been put up for sale on the dark web, as well as the personal information of several thousand charliehebdo.fr subscribers.
Listings of sales for November and December 2022 would also have been published.
An open investigation and the DGSI seized
If this Thursday afternoon the home page and all the editorial content of the newspaper was accessible, the page housing the online store was still faulty.
The newspaper filed a complaint for tampering with an automated data processing system (Stad).
The cyber section of the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation on Wednesday into heads of "fraudulent access to a data processing system", "fraudulent maintenance", "data introduction", "fraudulent modification of data" and "obstructing the working".
The General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) was responsible for the investigations in co-referral with the central office for the fight against crime linked to information and communication technologies (OCLCTIC).
Contacted by Europe 1, "Charlie Hebdo" has not at this time responded to our requests.