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"Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email

netbuzz writes "'Anonymous,' best known for its jousts with Scientology, has apparently hacked Sarah Palin's private Yahoo email account. Contents, including sample emails, an index, and family photos, have been posted by Wikileaks, which calls them evidence that the GOP vice presidential candidate has improperly used private email to shield government business from public scrutiny." Note that there is no easy way to tell if the material on Wikileaks is genuine or a hoax. Update by J : Genuine.

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  1. Re:The crossed the line this time by joshtheitguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try telling Tom Cruise that Scientology is a crock. I'd imagine he'd scream incoherently at the top of his lungs, jump up and down then rip your face off.

  2. Re:Who? by Free+the+Cowards · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll pardon your ignorance if you pardon my advice to just fucking google it.

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  3. History in the making by krog · · Score: 5, Funny

    This might be the first time the Secret Service has encountered the Streisand Effect.

    1. Re:History in the making by baggins2001 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Those poor bastards. If Streisand is involved, then Rosie O'Donnell will be right there.

      They don't make enough money to put up with that.

      To all you ladies and gents in the humble employ of our Secret Service. Surrender now, before it's to late.

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  4. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am Sarah Palin here. My password is obamasucks.

  5. From what I gather... by gasaraki · · Score: 3, Funny

    she's the mother of a famous hockey player.

    1. Re:From what I gather... by krog · · Score: 2, Funny

      IANAL but I believe the proper term is "shotgun mother-in-law".

    2. Re:From what I gather... by JazzyMusicMan · · Score: 2, Funny
      lipstick!

      wait...did i jump the gun??

  6. Re:The crossed the line this time by Beached · · Score: 5, Funny

    He and John are still in Stan Marsh's closet, so noone will hear them.

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  7. exposure? by quonsar · · Score: 3, Funny

    famed for its exposure of unethical behavior by the Scientology cult

    yah, 30+ years after it was known to the general public.

  8. Re:Hacking? by NiceGeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I would have guessed it WAS the combination to her luggage" - Way to spoil a joke...sigh.

  9. Re:Hacking? by Gr33nNight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes it was. I was following the 4chan discussion on it but please don't make me go back YOU CAN'T FORCE ME OH GOD.

  10. Re:Who? by Ecuador · · Score: 3, Funny

    Duh... Famous comedian, member of the Monty Python.

    Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

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  11. Re:No way to tell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So where's the torrent?

    Please, someone must have saved this and it didn't get heroed* right away did it?....

    * Apparently one anon changed the password and emailed Palin's campaign with the new password, thus ending the fun for everyone and closing the window we had on finding any good info.

  12. Alrighty then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    HEY TOM CRUISE!!!!

    If you're reading this, then I tell you that your hokey sci-fi, pseudo-religion CULT is a crock of crap.

    And I also think you're a faggot weenie too.

    So there.

    PS: Your acting sucks too.

    1. Re:Alrighty then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm sure Tom Cruise will see this the next time he logs onto his /. account. And he surely thanks you for your opinion.

    2. Re:Alrighty then... by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

      PS: Your acting sucks too.

      Insult the man's beliefs, fine, they are crap, but his part in "Tropic Thunder" was hilarious.

    3. Re:Alrighty then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hi Katie, welcome to the internets.

    4. Re:Alrighty then... by runep · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ok, but apart from Tropic Thunder, Collateral and The Last Samurai, what has Tom Cruise done for us?

    5. Re:Alrighty then... by mattcasters · · Score: 3, Funny

      Woosh.

      It was a Monty Python quote ("what have the Romans done for us") from The Life of Brian. You can all hand in your geek license at the door on your way out.

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  13. Wow, no spam! by darkvizier · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe she gets so little spam at yahoo. My yahoo account is overrun with spam, even years after I've stopped using it. She's definitely paying someone off...

    1. Re:Wow, no spam! by VoltCurve · · Score: 4, Funny

      she is close enough to Russia that all the spam comes by boat.

  14. Re:Probably Genuine by DigitalisAkujin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plus Gawker called a phone number in one of the emails which went to Bristol Palin's voicemail:

    http://gawker.com/5051249/bristol-palins-voicemail

  15. Re:Who? by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll pardon your ignorance if you pardon my advice to just fucking google it.

    Now that's just rude! The least you could do was provide a link.

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  16. Re:The crossed the line this time by onefriedrice · · Score: 3, Funny

    I agree. I'm disappointed in Anonymous, if this is to be rightly attributed to them. What I liked about them is their order and how they didn't tolerate illegal acts...

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  17. Re:The crossed the line this time by Martin+Blank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. GP keeps a lot of monkeys in the basement.

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  18. Re:The crossed the line this time by beckerist · · Score: 5, Funny

    and then I PULL OUT MY GUN!!!

    (now I'm in the closet too!)

  19. Re:Probably Genuine by wellingj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow... She's going to be popular with the boys now... uh... waitaminute...

  20. Re:The crossed the line this time by sagematt · · Score: 2, Funny

    He and John are still in Stan Marsh's closet, so noone will hear them.

    Peter Noone is with them!?

  21. Dude, don't screw with Matt Damon by halivar · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's done action films!

  22. Re:Anonymous includes griefers by spiffmastercow · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do we even really know if that was anonymous? Oh wait..

  23. Re:No way to tell? by spazdor · · Score: 2, Funny

    *knock knock*
    *raid*

    "You've been Secret SERVED, bitch!"

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  24. None of this would have been a problem if ... by Grendol · · Score: 4, Funny

    They had nominated Michael Palin instead!

  25. Re:The crossed the line this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Attacking Scientology is one thing. We all know that it is a crock of crap. However, when somebody hacks a VP candidate, the FBI and Secret Service will react strongly.

    No, attacking Scientology is not "one thing". Millions of people planet wide use and benefit from Scientology principles and ideas. These same cowards attacking Scn have now "in the public good" opened Ms Palins' mail. Sounds a bit like the "when they came for the Jews, I did nothing.......". This is America and this is NOT acceptable.

  26. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by McBeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they really were trying to prove corruption they'd have surely hacked the other candidates as well. Especially McCain and Biden who have been in Congress long enough to have a thousand times what either Palin or Obama would have.

    It is possible that the other three politicians are in fact not hiding anything.

    It is also possible that the other three simply selected better passwords and we'll hear about their emails in a couple weeks :p

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  27. Secret Service, No. USAF... yes. by maz2331 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Outside of the US, there is a non-zero possibility that the issue will be handled by a stealth plane dropping a bomb on a house.

  28. Re:The crossed the line this time by Icy_Infinity · · Score: 1, Funny

    you loose at internet.

    commentin' on sum onez bad spelling is a waste a time and this post doubly so. People like this that spin the bad news because they NEVER get any good news *cough*Republicans*cough*.

    Oh and i hope this post DROVE you to commit suicide plz

    P.S. Sarah Palin is a lair

  29. Re:Anonymous who? by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 2, Funny

    The whole point of Anonymous is that anyone could say that they are Anonymous. There's no real group/code/leader, so anyone who says they are Anonymous IS.

    Exactly.

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  30. Re:i dont get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Oh please. Who cares who you 'would' vote for?

    jcr, for the record, CANNOT VOTE. Why, you ask?

    Becuase of his felony sex crime conviction. Same reason he has to inform his neighbors each time he moves.

    So take his words with a massive grain of salt. This was a man who pled 'not guilty' despite the DNA evidence against him. I guess ten years in prison haven't quite him the futility of lying.

  31. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by Arkham · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Two wrongs don't make a right."

    But 4 lefts do.

    Sadly, that's incorrect. 4 lefts makes you go straight. Try three next time :)

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  32. Re:No way to tell? by Kazoo+the+Clown · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, at least we know that someone is better at shutting down websites than Scientologists are.

  33. Re:Password recovery questions by symbolset · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can someone give me the rationale for those password recovery mechanism that are usually far weaker than the passwords themselves?

    They're not. Of course I've changed it since, but yesterday my answer to "Where did you meet your spouse" was "At the intersection of Beta Sirius and EO5F4KNwSfIWsTv94VyXSCRXbRrOeUzcAOozDUpeYRHFmmKJbRImqt5XPr5lDZ1"

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  34. Re:Too much attention to entertainers by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Seriously, do you want the US to behave like the Roman Empire?"

    And just what have the Romans done for us?

    The aqueduct.

    Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.

    Masked Activist: And the sanitation!

    Stan: Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.

    Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done...

    Matthias: And the roads...

    Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads...

    Another Masked Activist: Irrigation...

    Other Masked Voices: Medicine... Education... Health...

    Reg: Yes... all right, fair enough...

    Activist Near Front: And the wine...

    Omnes: Oh yes! True!

    Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.

    Masked Activist at Back: Public baths!

    Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.

    Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.

    (more general murmurs of agreement)

    Reg: All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?

    Xerxes: Brought peace!

    Reg: (very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh... (scornfully) Peace, yes... shut up!

    Bloody Romans....

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  35. Re:Posting near the top.... by cayenne8 · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Um, first of all if you want to know the truth, ask Michelle Malkin what it is and then believe the exact opposite. Thats her super power...."

    Well, in her defense....she is kinda hot looking....

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  36. Re:Posting near the top.... by icedcool · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good ol 4chan.

    Well... anon does deliver.

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  37. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by Mr+Z · · Score: 4, Funny

    I turn left 157 degrees each time. GP is an insensitive clod.

  38. Re:Password recovery questions by Charles+Dodgeson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course I've changed it since, but yesterday my answer to "Where did you meet your spouse" was "At the intersection of Beta Sirius and EO5F4KNwSfIWsTv94VyXSCRXbRrOeUzcAOozDUpeYRHFmmKJbRImqt5XPr5lDZ1"

    What a coincidence. That's where I met mine, too.

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  39. Re:The crossed the line this time by rs79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "the FBI and Secret Service will react strongly."

    Jay-sus, they're just gonna arrest her just like that ? I thought there'd at least be a hearing about whether or not she misappropriated government resrouces first.

    But, what-ever.

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  40. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by Fallen+Seraph · · Score: 3, Funny

    You seem to misunderstand... Anonymous isn't 1 person, it's "they". There were at least 50 people in and out of her email account the night it was hacked... I'm tempted to compare her yahoo account to her daughter, but I'll refrain from jokes in such poor taste.

  41. Re:Password recovery questions by straponego · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the combination to my luggage!

  42. Ha! Insightful Python!!! by Mjlner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love it! A whole post, consisting of nothing but a long Python quote, gets modded "5, Insightful". I love it!!!!

    And all these years people thought I was just trying to be funny!

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    1. Re:Ha! Insightful Python!!! by pimpimpim · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just for fun, try the exact same post in a topic about Bill Gates and Microsoft, see what response you get ;)

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  43. Haha by someone1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then nothing has been violated. We just got the transparency!

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  44. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    Also look at the supposed text by the person from Anonymous. They use proper capitalization everywhere except for the group the supposedly represent. Why no capital A? Its Always a Capital A. But this person screws it up twice in the same text? They weren't in a hurry, they just didn't fake it correctly.

    Of course it wasn't Anonymous. ebaumsworld did it.

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  45. Re:Posting near the top.... by pugugly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Strictly speaking, being a better looking Republican operative than Ann Coulter does not in fact equate to 'kinda hot looking'.

    Of course, I'm fairly sure Ann Coulter is actually Michael Chertoff in drag. The eyes are just contacts.

    Pug

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  46. Re:Password recovery questions by raju1kabir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Married all these years, and only today you discover that you both sneak off and read Slashdot.

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  47. Re:Intended purpose of hacking the e-mail by CTachyon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sadly, that's incorrect. 4 lefts makes you go straight. Try three next time :)

    Nah, I tried that years ago, and I'm still gay.

    Bah-dum-bum.

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  48. I know! by IRGlover · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know who's "Anonymous"! It's Ted Danson!

  49. Re:Password recovery questions by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 4, Funny

    Makes me wonder if they both like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.