Media News - Friday, September 19, 2008
FBI on the trail of hackers after Palin’s emails made public
FBI officials and secret service investigators were trying Thursday to
track down hackers who broke into an email account belonging to US
vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Information from the account,
including her emails, digital photos and online address book, was posted
on the internet on Tuesday, after an unidentified individual guessed the
password to the Alaska governor's personal email account. Screenshots
and information were made available on the whistle-blowing website
Wikileaks, which defended its decision saying the hack proved Palin was
violating rules on keeping public records by sending official emails
through her private Yahoo account. Although some of the emails, from an
account held at gov.palin@yahoo.com, appeared to be private, other
screenshots showed messages to state government aides, as well as a
draft letter to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Federal
investigators are examining details of the hack to determine the
identities of those responsible. The owner of the software used by the
hacker or hackers to protect their identity said that he believed it
would be possible to identify the culprit. Gabriel Ramuglia told news
website The Register: 'Since they were dumb enough to post a full
screenshot that showed most of the URL I should be able to find that in
my log.' (The Guardian)
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