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Hacker Takes Over Sarkozy's Facebook Account, Says What France Wants to Hear

by Amar Toor on January 24, 2011 at 12:05 PM

nicholas sarkozyYesterday evening, a hacker seized control of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account, and posted a message that many disgruntled Frenchmen have been dying to hear: "Dear compatriots, given the exceptional circumstances our country is experiencing, I have decided in my spirit and conscience not to run for office again at the end of my mandate in 2012." The fake post then extended an invitation to have drinks at a cafe on the Champs-Élysées.

For what it's worth, Sarkozy hasn't officially announced that he'll seek re-election in 2012, but he made clear in a follow-up post that he definitely doesn't "subscribe to the rather hasty conclusions of the message" posted by the hacker. Sarkozy went on to speculate that the prankster may have hacked his account in order "to remind me that no system is infallible" -- and not, of course, to remind him that he totally sucks.

[Ed. Note: Amar Toor lives in Paris, but we're not sure why.]

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