WHID 2008-26: Palin's private e-mail hacked, posted to Net

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The activist group called "anonymous," best known for its jousts with the Church of Scientology, has apparently hacked into the private Yahoo e-mail account of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president.

Contents of that account, including two sample e-mails, an index of messages and Palin family photos, have been posted by the whistle blower site Wikileaks, which contends that they constitute evidence that Palin has improperly used her private e-mail to shield government business from public scrutiny, an issue that had already been raised by others.

Update (Oct 8)

David Kernell, the 20-year-old Tennessee college student was indicted with the hack. The most interesting aspect of the identity of the hacker is that his father Mike Kernell is a longtime Democratic state representative from Memphis

Additional information:

Attack Method: 
Unknown
Incident Outcome: 
Leakage of Information