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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.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/group-posts-e-m.html
It has been confirmed by her campaign and Amy McCorkell, the sender of one of the emails that has been posted.
This was on CNN a few minutes ago and they confirmed that the Secret Service was already involved in the investigation.
Ok here's the full list of Wikileaks domains:
* http://www.wikileaks.org/
* https://secure.wikileaks.org/
* https://wikileaks.cx/
* http://wikileaks.org.uk/
* http://www.cauce.us/wiki/Wikileaks
* https://secure.wikileaks.be/
* https://secure.freedomsbell.org/ â" alternative name to bypass the Great Firewall of China
* https://secure.libertypen.org/ â" alternative name to bypass the Great Firewall of China
* https://secure.ljsf.org/ â" alternative name to bypass the Great Firewall of China
* https://secure.sunshinepress.org/ â" alternative name to bypass the Great Firewall of China
What the hell are you talking about? Anonymous the name attributed to (and embraced by) the many and varied denizens of 4chan's Random (/b/) board. They rose to fame with their protests against scientology, but anyone who has ever visited /b/ could tell you that:
1) Anonymous is a 'group' only in the loosest sense of the word. There's no organization, no leader, and no real agenda. It works more like flash mobs. One person suggests something, and if enough people go along with it to achieve critical mass, then it's epic. Otherwise, it's just a few internet nerds making idiots out of themselves.
2) Anonymous has no real code, moral stance, or ethical guideline. /b/ frequently delves into such subjects as drug use, murder, petty crime, and child porn.
3) Anonymous does everything they do for their very own personal amusement. Any claim to be standing on principle is really just part of the joke. Since anonymous is kind of an intersection of Slashdot and MySpace when it comes to demographics, you'll find you agree with many of their 'positions.' However, don't expect any real loyalty from them.
Formerly GNU/Anonymous Coward. This message has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
account recognizes
b-day 2/11/64
ZIP code 99687
for password change.
The zip code is of course that of Wasilla, Alaska.
It would seem that the republican VP candidate is at least twice as security aware as Paris Hilton. Paris' had just one security question, the name of her dog (Tinkerbell), while Palin had two extremely obvious security questions.
Of course, two times "nothing much" is not a lot at all..
There's no evidence that Anonymous was behind the epilepsy thing, and many have suggested that Scientologists did it to discredit Anonymous.
There's a posting here from someone that observed the entire episode:
The story behind the Palin e-mail hacking
Pre-emptive warning: it's a partisan blog, but the explanation is quoted in full.
Short version:
The original cracker attributed his /b/ posting to another yahoo.com address. He claims to have done all this through a single proxy, but admits that he is a bit scared of the FBI at the moment.