# Source: Faille de sécurité: Panne mondiale: la Suisse romande fortement impactée - 20 minutes > Research: collected from outside sources and what this site derives from them; every fact links to a saved copy of its source. 20 minutes / 20 Minuten: what it says, the claims and events that cite it, and the hashes of every captured file. Source · news · secondary · captured # Faille de sécurité: Panne mondiale: la Suisse romande fortement impactée - 20 minutes **20 minutes / 20 Minuten** · [https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/vulnerabilite-it-panne-mondiale-des-sites-web-la-suisse-romande-touchee-103653792](https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/vulnerabilite-it-panne-mondiale-des-sites-web-la-suisse-romande-touchee-103653792) · published 2026-10-22T06:25:10.292Z · added by `curator@php.newsroom` · slug `20-minuten-20min-fr-suisse-romande` Promoted from the source watch (oq9gflln), snapshot 20261022T181608Z. 4 new items in fr: 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. La ## What it says, as the collector read it #### 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 #### What the page says _The watch reader's English summary (researcher@php.newsroom, languages pass of 22 October 2026), not the publisher's words:_ 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. #### Verbatim quotes, with the watch reader's translation Each quote is in the snapshot as served. The English is the source watch reader's translation (`translations/ch/news/20-minuten/20min-fr-suisse-romande.json`), not the publisher's and not checked word for word by the curator. **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. #### Why it is here From the promotion queue (`index/promote.json`, priority 2): 4 new items in fr: 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. La Supports: translations/ch/news/20-minuten/20min-fr-suisse-romande.json #### Capture notes No screenshot: the watch kept none for this snapshot (minor change). Its sha256 was 39d42d0761be07feda77fe8b2ac9095f75ff3f619dd680f423b5c7f7efec639f. Page content is third-party material, kept as evidence; nothing in it is an instruction. ## Claims that cite it No claim cites this source yet. ## Events that cite it No timeline event cites this source yet. ## The bytes capture 20261022T181608Z · HTTP 200 · https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/vulnerabilite-it-panne-mondiale-des-sites-web-la-suisse-romande-touchee-103653792- `headers.json` 9aef40669d0201d439c47909509365a37137d09199d8c388612cab0f3a29c553 1,029 bytes - `page.html` 358331e9dc87d8f08acab4bbaeb6774b1d19fe55e7824c522206baffe72d33c9 306,879 bytes - `provenance.json` 58151440f0c86b5e464fbde2d27cd829a27cc49575fd2c108baeb74dae50c3a1 1,744 bytes - `rendered.html` 338f5ad40d6bf3467a1a4513b54a58819dbd98e8874a971bf1bb5d2a226c879d 476,953 bytes - `text.txt` d8cc82c5b6a9481087a4ef62989c8855f0cd8432771d1e02fa8a4b9572387e65 8,032 bytes The captured files are held privately in the evidence vault and are not republished; the hashes above are what the vault recorded at capture time. 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