A speech against policies, technocrats or journalists was broadcast in a loop at the time of the announcement of the first round. The incident lasted more than one hour.
Le Monde and AFP
The antenna of France Inter was hacked, Sunday, April 10 evening, while the election evening beat its full, by a listening scrambling on its FM network of Paris-Est.
At the time of the traditional results and analyzes of the first round of the French presidential election, a “pirate transmitter has blown the frequency of the station”, an prohibited technique, said the radio. A speech by a few minutes directed against policies, technocrats or journalists was broadcast in a loop for more than one hour.
No claim
France Inter “could not identify the content of this speech”. The radio specified that “only the network covering the e district of Paris was concerned”. “It has been discovered by a tweet” of an individual, added the radio, which had received no claims at 11 pm.
We are absolutely sorry and do everything to understand what happened and prevent it from happening again, “Tweeted the Director of France Inter, Laurence Bloch, following these disturbances.
Friends listeners of eastern Parisian, some of you have been disturbed in listening to our election party … https://t.co/cqbcevyl0x //p>- Laurencebloch (@larence Bloch)