UNDER SIEGE: Yves Bigot, head of the TV5Monde station, said the assault caused its 11 channels to go temporarily off air and also hit its websites.
PARIS: Hackers purporting to be supporters of Islamic State knocked out channels belonging to French public television station TV5Monde and posted material on its social media feeds to protest French military action in Iraq.
President Francois Hollande's government branded the cyberattacks, which started late on April 8, a "vile and cowardly" affront to freedom of expression and began an investigation, promising to track down those responsible.
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