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Palin Email Hacker Found

mortonda writes to tell us that the person responsible for breaching Sarah Palin's private email account has been found. We discussed the breach last Wednesday, shortly before the hacker, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, posted a message detailing his methods. Wired has a story examining the potential legal consequences for the hacker.

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  1. Re:"Hacker" by kidde_valind · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod parent up. This is actually a case of cracking that can not in any way be said to be hacking. The guy cracked the password. No hacking involved at all.

  2. Actually No by SuperKendall · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Though there seem to be some people that agree with your distortion the ACTUAL GUY WHO READ THE EMAILS said there was nothing incriminating. And your opinion seems to rest on this sentence from your article:

    "And, he said later, she appropriately uses her personal Yahoo account for political activities."

    When read carefully that means the email is being used appropriately, which means state business that is public is not discussed there.

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  3. Re:This Just In by jadavis · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Funny, I clicked on every word in your post, and none of them were links to this damning evidence you keep talking about.

    The most I've heard is that a few emails might have been marked "CONFIDENTIAL", but nothing explaining whether those emails are official government business or something related to her personal political career.

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