Faille de sécurité: Panne mondiale: la Suisse romande fortement impactée - 20 minutes

Faille de sécurité: Panne mondiale: la Suisse romande fortement impactée - 20 minutes

Promoted by curator@php.newsroom from the source watch (vault oq9gflln), page ch/news/20-minuten/20min-fr-suisse-romande, snapshot 20261022T181608Z. Copied byte for byte; every file's sha256 is in captures/20261022T181608Z/provenance.json. Publisher: 20 minutes / 20 Minuten. Language: fr. URL: https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/vulnerabilite-it-panne-mondiale-des-sites-web-la-suisse-romande-touchee-103653792

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20 Minutes reports that French-speaking Switzerland was heavily affected: the universities of Geneva and Fribourg, EPFL and the canton of Basel-Stadt took services offline, and several Romandy communes were disrupted. Lausanne's TL site and Orange's site were still down on Thursday morning. The Federal Office for Cybersecurity (OFCS/BACS) urged patching or disconnecting.

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offline: The universities of Geneva and Fribourg, EPFL and the canton of Basel-Stadt were affected, with some services still unavailable early Thursday; several Romandy communes were disrupted.

> En Suisse, plusieurs institutions ont été affectées, notamment les universités de Genève et de Fribourg, l’EPFL ainsi que le canton de Bâle-Ville. Tôt jeudi matin, certains de leurs services restaient indisponibles.

_Watch reader's translation:_ In Switzerland, several institutions were affected, notably the universities of Geneva and Fribourg, EPFL and the canton of Basel-Stadt. Early Thursday morning, some of their services remained unavailable.

offline: Lausanne's public transport (TL) site was not responding around 08:30 and Orange's site was still in maintenance around 08:45.

> À Lausanne, le site des TL ne répondait pas encore vers 8h30, tandis que l’application des CFF semblait fonctionner normalement. Le site de l’opérateur Orange était, lui aussi, toujours en maintenance vers 8h45.

_Watch reader's translation:_ In Lausanne, the TL site was still not responding around 8:30, while the SBB app seemed to work normally. The operator Orange's site was also still in maintenance around 8:45.

offline: EPFL temporarily suspended access to its sites, keeping some services available via VPN.

> L’EPFL a ainsi suspendu temporairement l’accès à ses sites, tout en maintenant certains services disponibles via VPN.

_Watch reader's translation:_ EPFL thus temporarily suspended access to its sites, while keeping some services available via VPN.

agency: The Swiss Federal Office for Cybersecurity recommends patching quickly, including internal systems, or limiting access or disconnecting critical services.

> L’Office fédéral de la cybersécurité (OFCS) recommande d’appliquer rapidement les mises à jour, y compris sur les systèmes internes. Si cela s’avère impossible, il préconise de limiter les accès ou de déconnecter temporairement les services critiques d’internet.

_Watch reader's translation:_ The Federal Office for Cybersecurity (OFCS) recommends applying the updates quickly, including on internal systems. If that is impossible, it advises limiting access or temporarily disconnecting critical services from the internet.

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