{"id":4922,"date":"2011-04-01T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T05:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:50:19","slug":"french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-launches-a-cyberguerre-cyber-war-against-the-french-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-president-nicolas-sarkozy-launches-a-cyberguerre-cyber-war-against-the-french-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Poisson d&#8217;avril (April Fools)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_lvwH1BnfSuo\/S7VywVhjJqI\/AAAAAAAAAaA\/T8EO4zkjt_E\/s400\/poisson+d%27avril.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Poisson d&#8217;avril<\/em> (April Fools) \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Due to serious\u00a0<em>difficult<em>\u00e9<\/em>s techniques <\/em>(technical difficulties) caused by a wave of sophisticated cyber attacks targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/\">The French Blog<\/a>, the &#8220;Jacques Brel&#8221; post scheduled for today is postponed to an ulterior date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lessentiel.lu\/dyft\/bf6a22\/F_.S44.W600.C3355443\/La%20cyberguerre%20ne%20fait%20que%20commencer.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A message left by &#8220;<em>les hackers professionnels<\/em>&#8221; who targeted The French Blog <em>t\u00f4t ce matin <\/em>(earlier this morning): &#8220;<em>La cyberguerre ne fait que commencer<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;The cyberwar&#8221; is only starting&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A primary investigation conducted within the <em><strong>entourage<\/strong><\/em> of the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has so far indicated that a team of highly-trained professional hackers based in the French palatial residence, <strong><em>le Palais de\u00a0<em>l&#8217;\u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/em>, <\/em><\/strong>was to blame for the recent wave of cyber attacks to which <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/\">The\u00a0French Blog<\/a><\/strong> has fallen prey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to the same unnamed source, the presidential warfare started shortly after <strong><em>la <em>premi\u00e8re <\/em>Dame de France<\/em><\/strong> (the First Lady of France), <strong>Carla Bruni<\/strong>, whose native tongue is Italian, and who is reportedly an assiduous reader and enthusiast fan of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/\">The French Blog<\/a><\/strong>, has decided to stage a\u00a0<strong><em>poisson d&#8217;avril <\/em><\/strong>(April&#8217;s fools) prank to her husband, especially after reading this one post published a few months ago on The French Blog, titled &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-sarkozy-turned-borat-says-give-me-your-tears-le-gypsy\/\">A Sarkozy-turned-Borat says: \u201cG\u00eeve me your tears, le Gypsy!\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com\/President+Sarkozy+Lays+Wreath+Statue+Charles+4GXF229oAqnl.jpg\" alt=\"Carla Bruni-Sarkozy President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attend the laying of a wreath at the Statue Of Charles De Gaulle on March 27, 2008 in London, England. President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are on a two day state visit to London and Windsor.\" width=\"416\" height=\"278\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The article in question, a mini-pamphlet criticizing what it considered the unfair treatment of <strong><em>la communaut<em>\u00e9 Rom <\/em><\/em><\/strong>(Romani people) by the French President, has apparently suggested the idea to the First Lady -as part of an elaborate April&#8217;s fools joke- to organize and sponsor a study group composed among other researchers of famous French and international\u00a0<strong><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>thnologues et g\u00e9n\u00e9alogistes<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>whose main objective was to prove the &#8220;<strong>Gypsy ancestry<\/strong>&#8221; of her husband.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As it turned out, French President <strong>Nicolas Sarkozy<\/strong>, whose full last name is also spelled\u00a0<strong>S\u00e1rk\u00f6zy de Nagyb\u00f3csa<\/strong>, as his family hails originally from <strong><em>la Hongrie <\/em><\/strong>(Hungary), where an important community of Roms still lives to this day, has not very much appreciated the <strong><em>poisson d&#8217;avril <\/em><\/strong>(April&#8217;s fools) facetiously\u00a0concocted by his wife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2011\/02\/Ali_Mubarak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" \/><strong><em>C&#8217;est dans le besoin qu&#8217;on reconnait ses vrais amis <\/em>(&#8220;A friend in need is a friend indeed&#8221;): Mobarek and Ben Ali, <em><em>\u00e0<\/em> la r<strong><em><strong><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>scousse <\/em>(to the rescue)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Consequently, and according to the information relayed by the same\u00a0<em><strong><strong><em><em>\u00c9lys\u00e9e <\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em>source, the French President has promptly enlisted the services of\u00a0<strong><em>deux de ses amis de longue date <\/em><\/strong>(two long-standing friends of his): Former president of <strong>Tunisia<\/strong>,<strong> Zine el-Abidine\u00a0Ben Ali<\/strong>,\u00a0and former president of <strong>Egypt<\/strong>,<strong> Housni Mubarek<\/strong>, who then immediately provided him with the same shadowy teams of Internet security experts they had used during their respective <strong><em>soul\u00e8vements populaires<\/em><\/strong> (civil unrests), and who were behind the cracking down on the websites and social networks of their political dissidents<strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <em><strong>porte-parole <\/strong><\/em>(spokesperson) of <strong>The French Blog<\/strong>,\u00a0speaking under condition of anonymity, has refused to confirm or deny the allegations, but promised that an official statement will be released on <strong>Monday, April 4th, 2011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2011\/04\/poissond27avril-350x289.gif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Poisson d&#8217;avril (April Fools) \ud83d\ude42 * * * &nbsp; 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