(Sept 17, 08) Sarah Palin's Email was Hacked!!

[MaryKay]

We need to write to the media and push for these folks to be prosecuted. Computer crimes are a federal offense.

Note:
Please do not add photos or links to site(s) where this information may be published.
We don't need to be giving them website hits.

[Got Angelou]

Hannity is reporting this illegal act on his radio show right now. Absolutely sickening.

[michu]

Please don't post any links or pics of the email or account. I think that's why the last thread was removed.

[Agent 00½ FL]

Oh jee, who would want to hack into her e-mail? I am so done with these OBotts, where is the FBI, when you need them.

[MaryKay]

No, please do not put any links or pictures in here!

[deckert1]

this is hope and change we can belieive in?!?!?!?!

im sending money into McCain today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sahdMD]

I am positive the Secret Service and FBI are already backtracking the hackers as well as getting into contact with Yahoo and the site putting up the pics to obtain IP logs and points of contact.

[lanney]

Criminal investigation is on. This is very serious issue, it is not only privacy issue but also security issue. She is VP candidate.
People who had posted links and snap shot of her emails etc will get jail term.
Those who had hacked her account should look for long term in big house.

[NBM]

Despicable. Wonder if it's the Alaskan troopergate investigators?
this is hope and change we can belieive in?!?!?!?!

im sending money into McCain today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Me too!

Instead of a drinking game, let's make it a donating game. Every time they do this kind of crap, send McCain money.

[joeysky18]

Please don't post any links or pics of the email or account. I think that's why the last thread was removed.

Yep. That was the reason. We don't want to help Obots spreading the information.

[twobyfour]

Yep. That was the reason. We don't want to help Obots spreading the information.

Of course. It did not occur to me. OTOH, I think this was a paid-by-obots crime, so whatever info they were after... from what I've seen, it was a pyrrhic victory for them, they got nothing "juicy" and they may get serious repercussions in return.

[Air Supply]

This is sick.

[Frances]

I am sorry to hear this, there are some damm nut cases out there. I hope they solve this and get the whole bunch of criminals.

[Starlight]

Just a word of warning for anyone hunting for pictures. It is a federal crime even if you host the pictures, display them on a web site or even email them to friends. The DoJ is going to be all over this.

I expect the people behind this will get caught. And please reconsider using public email services for anything personal. If these people can get into Sarah's email then what is stopping them from getting into yours?

[mjno7777]

I am positive the Secret Service and FBI are already backtracking the hackers as well as getting into contact with Yahoo and the site putting up the pics to obtain IP logs and points of contact.

OBOTS are like their leader, OUT OF CONTROL.

[twobyfour]

FBI and Security Service are on it:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/17/mccain-camp-seeks-investigation-over-reported-e-mail-hack/

[mjno7777]

Just a word of warning for anyone hunting for pictures. It is a federal crime even if you host the pictures, display them on a web site or even email them to friends. The DoJ is going to be all over this.

I expect the people behind this will get caught. And please reconsider using public email services for anything personal. If these people can get into Sarah's email then what is stopping them from getting into yours?

I am tired of his whole campaign, it is totally unbecoming of ANYONE running for public office. REMEMBER, a few days ago DRUDGE HAD A REPORT ON THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN FIGHTING BACK.

[Lealy]

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.

CNN had to add this at the end of this article, like it made it ok. This is just crazy.

[mjno7777]

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.

CNN had to add this at the end of this article, like it made it ok. This is just crazy.

Why would CNN add this, if it was noted that there was nothing "bad" in her emails, thank you notes, pictures, etc. ???????????

[Moon Child]

The email could be a fake email address, and the Obots could be holding off an "October Surprise".


Just saying.

[Agent 00½ FL]

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.

Many people cannot sign into their business e-mail from their home computers. I know from personal experience that I have sent e-mail advising people at my job of issues, when I have been on vacation or out sick. This is just ridiculous.

[Lealy]

I did not look and will not look but maybe she is friends with these people, the bots are saying "what is she trying to hide?" Oh I don't know, her personal life that is no one's business. I would feel so invaded.

[samkm]

What a horrible invasion of privacy....

.... this by the people who wanted FISA turned down..

Hypocrisy.

I hope the Feds, the FBI really dig up who did this and expose the person and put them in and slam them in there.

[xfiles]

Bill O'Reily is incensed by this and is calling the FBI, Attorney General and said he will report tomorrow what he finds out!

We need to write to the media and push for these folks to be prosecuted. Computer crimes are a federal offense.

Note:
Please do not add photos or links to site(s) where this information may be published.
We don't need to be giving them website hits.

[VotingHillary]

What a horrible invasion of privacy....

.... this by the people who wanted FISA turned down..

Hypocrisy.

I hope the Feds, the FBI really dig up who did this and expose the person and put them in and slam them in there.

Well, now we know why Obama voted FOR FISA.

[lanney]

I want to see some arrest.

Somewhere I read it was done by Yahoo staff.

[mjoynaples]

it is shocking this is allowed and then media pundits want to make an illegal action okay so they can get a "gotcha moment" that doesn't exist... pray god this backfires and Mc-C-Palin wins by a landslide... HOPE THEY ARE WORKING ON THE DEBATES.... GO McCain-Palin.... all the way!!!

[nette60]

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.

CNN had to add this at the end of this article, like it made it ok. This is just crazy.

It's amazing. We don't have any info on Obama. No senate records, no school records, no passport records....no nothing. But he gets way with it

[BillDemo]

Just heard this on Bill O'Reilly. Bill's seething about it.
That's really the lowest thing someone could do.
Can't believe this is the same Democratic party who were angry about Bush psooibly being able to listen to their phonecalls and read their email.
It shows that many Bots in our party are lacking in morals and character.

[VotingHillary]

Should be good since Greta is a lawyer.

[Agent 00½ FL]

I am saying a little prayer if they could only link this to BO. It would be the next Watergate.

[PA_Voter]

Could this be Trickle-Gate? Theft by someone in the DNC of a GOP's personal property?

[Violet]

I'm not worried. The people responsible will be punished. The Palins are under USSS protection. I wouldn't be surprised if they were on their way with handcuffs even now. Some Obot rats are in for a very bad time. Count on it.

[i hate nbc and cnn]

probably is obama supporters if it is i hope they show the hacker on the news make obama look bad

[BillDemo]

Well the main thing is that all of the emails and pictures etc were innocuous. Nothing damaging in them at all.

It was her Yahoo account. So Yahoo should be able to provide investigators with the ip addresses of those who accessed the account.

Someone phoned Bristol, so they should be able to obtain that person's identity too.

Most likely the Secret Service will track down those involved and confiscate their computers etc etc.

Hopefully the law extends to cover hacking into an online email account.
Then they can be prosecuted. Any judge would want to make an example of them.

[Agent 00½ FL]

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[sadie]

Ok, seriously, Gloria Allred needs a reality check. The e-mails were personal and the focus should be on the fact that Palin's e-mail was hacked, not the possibility that she may or may not use her personal account for state business (which there is, right now, no proof of). Agh!! A crime was committed and Allred was bound and determined to turn it around on Palin. :mad:

[Agent 00½ FL]

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[Avalon]

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Done! This is unbelievable, it just shows how low BO supporters will go. Outrageous! :mad: I hope they nail the people responsible and follow any leads that point to others who may have ordered it.:mad:

[joeysky18]

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Done.

This is not a harmless prank!. I will be furious if someone hacked my email.

[BillDemo]

UPDATE:
I found a confession from the hacker himself:

"I read though the emails… ALL OF THEM… before I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor…. And pictures of her family"


Earlier it was just some prank to me, I really wanted to get something incriminating which I was sure there would be......

....well there WAS NOTHING, I read everything, every little blackberry confirmation… all the pictures, and there was nothing, and it finally set in, THIS internet was serious business, yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this XXXX ever got to the FBI I was XXXXed, I panicked, i still wanted the stuff out there but I didn’t know how to [distribute] all that stuff, so I posted the pass XXXX and then promptly deleted everything, and unplugged my internet and just sat there in a comatose state

[twobyfour]

Here are some details on Malkin's blog:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/17/the-story-behind-the-palin-e-mail-hacking/

Whether the rubico's story is accurate or it is a post-delicti smoke screen designed to obscure the truth--I leave it to FBI/SS to determine. What is certain is that whoever was behind it (the hacker(s) that is), will be s*****g bricks, if not doing so already.

[yheitman]

It is not that unusual for people to use private e-mail for business. My husband is a financial planner and people are used to writing e-mails to his personal e-mail address even though EVERYTHING is supposed to go through his broker/dealer's e-mail address. He conducts 80% of his business at home and sometimes he forgets and it just goes through his personal e-mail account and then people write back to him there.

Also, it may be like someone said up thread, she may not be able to log onto a government e-mail account from home. Who knows. To me it's just no biggie. She may have been in her personal e-mail account and thought "oh I have to send a message to so and so" and when the respondent gets it and replies, it goes back to the personal e-mail address. As long as there wasn't any secret stuff in there, who cares?

Do you see the hate responses from the Obama minions below the CNN article? They are really hateful!!!

[sahdMD]

DOJ, Secret Service and FBI are going full bore:

Via Wake Up America Blog: Posting the info is illegal (http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/09/huffington-post-gawker-americablog-all.html)

"Since reproducing information that is obtained illegally, with full knowledge that the information was obtained legally is a crime just as the original hackers that obtained the information committed a crime, well known sites such as Huffington Post, Americablog, Gawker and more have all deliberately broken the law by reproducing and publishing the emails and/or photos illegally obtained from Sarah Palin's hacked email address."

[Molly]

Just a DISGRACE. The obama gang memebers must be scared to resort to this.
WHY would anyone want to run for public office after all the media, DNC and obama gang have put this qualified woman - and her family thru. I heard an obama guy say "Welcome to
Washington - get used to it"! Hope the FBI puts them all in jail.

[Avalon]

Just a DISGRACE. The obama gang memebers must be scared to resort to this.
WHY would anyone want to run for public office after all the media, DNC and obama gang have put this qualified woman - and her family thru. I heard an obama guy say "Welcome to
Washington - get used to it"! Hope the FBI puts them all in jail.

That is not the Washington I want.....I hope they nail them all too!

[VANITY4HILLARY]

I am beginning to hate the democratic party every fycking day.

[sahdMD]

If they can find the guy who cracked the Pentagon, what makes hackers today think they are superior? This guy is going to get busted soon.

I can state for a fact, that some of the things you saw in movies like Enemy of the State are actually 5 years behind what they are currently using.

Via The Register:
Screenshots are the key...to the hacker's jailcell (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/18/palin_email_investigation/).

[ALittleVisitor]

I want to see some arrest.

Arrest, heck. I want to see some convictions and a 20 year jail term. Fed time with a mandated 85% served. I teach information policy at the grad level and frequently tell students, especially younger ones who think that any thing you do on the computer is OK, that there are heavy consequences for actions such as this. Not everything is a joke, not everything will be forgiven because you smile and say you didn't mean any harm.

Of course, in this case, I'm sure these hackers were looking for some dirt on Palin. Maybe they can look for it in Leavenworth.

[encarn]

Have fun in Federal Prison...

Memo to law enforcement investigators tracking down who broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account: Gabriel Ramuglia might be a good place to start.

The 25-year-old webmaster and entrepreneur is the operator of Ctunnel.com, the browsing proxy service used by the group that hacked into the vice presidential candidate's personal email account and exposed its contents to the world. While he has yet to examine his logs, he says there's a good chance they will lead to those responsible, thanks to some carelessness on their part.

"Usually, this sort of thing would be hard to track down because it's Yahoo email, and a lot of people use my service for that," he told El Reg in a phone interview. "Since they were dumb enough to post a full screenshot that showed most of the [Ctunnel.com] URL, I should be able to find that in my log."

Ramuglia got into the proxy business a few years ago, after schools began blocking access to an online game site he used to co-own. Pretty soon, people began using the proxy service to access YouTube, Gmail, MySpace, and dozens of other sites that are routinely blocked by IT departments.

To prevent abuse of the service - such as the occasional bomb threat or other illegal act that's been known to happen - Ramuglia logs each user's IP address, along with the time and web destination. That often isn't enough to track down people who access extremely popular websites. But in this case, the perpetrators included a whole string of random-looking characters when posting screenshots of Palin's hacked account. That will probably be enough for him to pinpoint the proverbial needle in the haystack.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/18/palin_email_investigation/

Can you imagine the blowback if this is linked to an Obama Support Group?

I can see it now...

Sen. Obama: These are not the Hackers I knew. Under the bus you go!

[twobyfour]

Have fun in Federal Prison...

Can you imagine the blowback if this is linked to an Obama Support Group?

I can see it now...

If... that would be a tough job. Plausible deniability... You're right, OB can find ways how to stretch the bus. The thing is, people all over are noticing, and the bus can be only stretched so far.


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Sidenote: joeysky18 , thanks!

[Charlie Brown]

Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.

CNN had to add this at the end of this article, like it made it ok. This is just crazy.

This is why CNN is tanking in the news ratings...people are sick of this...Dont watch you must boycott, dont give them a red cent...

[coyoterex]

The sad thing is, looking at the CNN story and a few other sites, is that the Obots seem to think that whoever did this was in the right, because Palin and McCain are "evil". I get so disgusted with some of these people claiming the moral high ground, and justifying any action they want to take because they are in the right. The end does not justify the means. Would be sending them this clip right now if I knew who they were *Office Space clip, slight language warning*: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPcql4FuCK0

[JamieKuuipo]

I hope huffinton post gets shut down!!! for posting

and they throw them in Jail !!