Facebook hacker announces that Sarkozy will resign
Last night a hacker took over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account and posted a fake status message announcing that he was abandoning plans to run for re-election.
"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," said the spoof message.
It linked to a separate page with an invitation to "leaving drinks" for Sarkozy - set for election day on May 6 next year at Le Fouquet's cafe on the Champs Elysees, where he celebrated winning the presidency in 2007.
The fake announcement was posted on Sunday evening on the president's official page on the popular social networking site, and contained several spelling mistakes. It was soon taken down.
"My Facebook account was hacked into this evening, perhaps to remind me that no system is infallible," said a message on the page after it was reclaimed by the legitimate account holder.
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Paisano1
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Good Reasons to Secure Your Facebook Profile
"A man in California has admitted that he used Facebook profiles to collect information and hack into the email accounts of women. Once inside their accounts, he would search around their email account and if he found nude or compromising pictures or videos, he sent those out to any addresses he found in their contact book. Just to add to this heartbreaking story, he actually coerced one victim into sending him explicit photos of her under threat that he would distribute the pictures he stole from her account..."
https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/11277-Good-Reasons-to-Secure-Your-Faceboo...
- 1 year ago
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Paisano1
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virgilredman
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Maybe he should consider not re-running for election. Sounds like good advice the hacker ws offering if you ask me.
- 1 year ago
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virgilredman
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Calitron
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Don't worry internet users! They will be bringing out Internet 2 very soon, then you will be safe from these hackers, albeit with the freedom of the internet taken away from you...
- 1 year ago
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Calitron
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desired_username_barbarossa
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amazing fun!
- 1 year ago
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desired_username_barbarossa
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JaneBond007
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Forget that hackers!!! They will not stopped hacking and sabotaging many information and stole money from many poor people. What they need is a punishment. Are there Laws against those thieves and identity thefts even hackers? If we do not have, why we can not make one? Look at me, i blotter everything inside the Police Station even in the Federal Bureau of Cyber Crime Division to trace those saboteurs and thieves to put them in jail and pay for the damages done to my name even to my account.
- 1 year ago
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JaneBond007
