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un “true digital shield”. Faced with the multiplication of threats of assaults towards center and excessive colleges in latest days, the Minister of National Education Nicole Belloubet introduced this Thursday, March 28, to “suspend” messaging in all digital work areas (ENT) of academic establishments.
“Following the hacks and threats, I decided to preventively suspend all messaging in digital spaces in our educational establishments,” she indicated on her X account. “With representatives of elected officials and publishers , we are going to deploy a real digital shield,” she added.
Speaking to RTL, the minister gave particulars of this measure which can final “until the spring break no doubt”. And this, in order that “we can reset our students’ accounts and further secure” entry to ENT messaging.
“People who send such messages will be prosecuted and will be sanctioned,” the minister mentioned. “Justice is harsh on false bomb threats and this type of malicious messages.”
Following the hacks and threats, I made a decision to preventively droop all messaging in digital areas in our colleges.
With representatives of elected officers and publishers, we are going to deploy an actual digital defend. pic.twitter.com/gwd7PVFX7L
— Nicole Belloubet (@NBelloubet) March 28, 2024
A minor arrested
For a number of days, dozens of institutions in Paris and the area, greater than 150 in complete in 20 academies in response to the ministry, have been focused by threats of assaults transmitted by way of the ENT. Complaints have been filed and investigations opened.
Thursday afternoon, a gathering was held on the Ministry of Education on digital safety in colleges, to outline “a shared roadmap aimed at better securing digital work spaces and school life software, in the short term. and medium term”, in response to Rue de Grenelle.
The ENT is a digital area which serves as a hyperlink between lecturers, college students and oldsters.
READ ALSO Threats of assaults towards colleges: “We pick up what we didn’t want to see” A 17-year-old minor was arrested and brought into police custody on Thursday in Malakoff in Hauts-de-Seine within the investigation into hacking of the digital platforms of academic institutions (ENT), Agence France-Presse realized from a supply near the case and from the Paris prosecutor's workplace.
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