Palin email hacked and posted on intarwebs

[fallout man]

When informed about the hacking of his running-mate's email account, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) demanded an immediate inquiry to determine the make and model of hatchet used in the breach.

"My friends, in these trying times, we cannot let the Islamofascists posess such a destructive weapon," he said.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: bamx2
So is gmail just as hackable ?

Anything passing through a server unencrypted is hackable.

Online e-mail accounts use a secured line if NOT accessed via a proxy.

NEVER use a proxy to log in to your mail accounts unless you use a program on your computer that uses PGP or something similar to encrypt data.

 

[manowar821]

ALRIGHT, which one of you was this?! ;D

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
If CAD is consistent, he'll be posting here in 3...2...1...

pot kettle

 

[dbk]

Seems to be a personal account... so what? I don't see any evidence that she conducted state business with that account. "gov.palin" is pretty stupid though. I would've been more discreet than that. Edit: sucks that she got hacked though.

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: dbk
Seems to be a personal account... so what? I don't see any evidence that she conducted state business with that account. "gov.palin" is pretty stupid though. I would've been more discreet than that. Edit: sucks that she got hacked though.

The addressbook had her aides and others explicitly listed as "personal" or "state of Alaska." Unless she innocently micromanages enough to make sure she doesn't use up state bandwidth by sending her aides pictures of cute kittens, it seems that she was very aware of where things were coming from and going to.

Sounds totally legit to me, though. :roll:

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: dbk
Seems to be a personal account... so what? I don't see any evidence that she conducted state business with that account. "gov.palin" is pretty stupid though. I would've been more discreet than that. Edit: sucks that she got hacked though.

The addressbook had her aides and others explicitly listed as "personal" or "state of Alaska." Unless she innocently micromanages enough to make sure she doesn't use up state bandwidth by sending her aides pictures of cute kittens, it seems that she was very aware of where things were coming from and going to.

Sounds totally legit to me, though. :roll:

I e-mailed my boss today from my personal e-mail account as I was out at a client site... OMG, I should burn in hell for that!


:roll:

 

[Corbett]

Originally posted by: Veramocor
1. She set up the account so that she wouldn't be obligated to keep in-state business communications.

Proof?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: dbk
Seems to be a personal account... so what? I don't see any evidence that she conducted state business with that account. "gov.palin" is pretty stupid though. I would've been more discreet than that. Edit: sucks that she got hacked though.

It's common knowledge that she conducted business on it.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: dbk
Seems to be a personal account... so what? I don't see any evidence that she conducted state business with that account. "gov.palin" is pretty stupid though. I would've been more discreet than that. Edit: sucks that she got hacked though.

It's common knowledge that she conducted business on it.

Well, if that's true then that changes everything. I just heard of this issue so I didn't know.

 

[theeedude]

How can one even consider voting for any ticket with Palin on it?
That woman is a national security risk with judgment of a 5 year old.

 

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: senseamp
How can one even consider voting for any ticket with Palin on it?
That woman is a national security risk with judgment of a 5 year old.

because she used yahoo for her personal e-mail? I don't think the SS will let her put the launch codes on digg or anything... way to draw a conclusion.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: herm0016

Originally posted by: senseamp
How can one even consider voting for any ticket with Palin on it?
That woman is a national security risk with judgment of a 5 year old.

because she used yahoo for her personal e-mail? I don't think the SS will let her put the launch codes on digg or anything... way to draw a conclusion.

"gov" is hardly personal

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: herm0016

Originally posted by: senseamp
How can one even consider voting for any ticket with Palin on it?
That woman is a national security risk with judgment of a 5 year old.

because she used yahoo for her personal e-mail? I don't think the SS will let her put the launch codes on digg or anything... way to draw a conclusion.

"gov" is hardly personal

So you have never seen anyone else use something from their profession as part of their username for a personal e-mail (or Technology Forum) account, postmortemIA?

 

[eits]

dammit... i was hoping to find some juicy shit in those emails... nothing. nothing about her cheating on her husband or abusing power or lying or anything...

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: eits
dammit... i was hoping to find some juicy shit in those emails... nothing. nothing about her cheating on her husband or abusing power or lying or anything...

Those e-mails were deleted by her handlers 5 minutes after she was picked by McCain.

At least that's what I would do if I was a corrupt Republican governor from Alaska hiding ethics violations.

 

[alchemize]

Keep digging yourselves into that hole, dems. This really resonates with independent soccer moms :roll:

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: alchemize
Keep digging yourselves into that hole, dems. This really resonates with independent soccer moms :roll:

Yeah, DEMS. Keep digging that Marxist-liberal commie hole of yours! Yeah! That's the ticket! I've got some COMMIE RED WALLPAPER TO WALLPAPER THAT HOLE, OF YOURS, WHICH SHOULD BE RED BECAUSE YOU'RE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MARXIST COMMIE!!! 1.

Who gives a fuck? How much time do you think independent soccer moms have to read news like this, all between driving their spawn to practice, making Stove-Top, and checking their Yahoo! mail accou... OHWAI.

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: alchemize
Keep digging yourselves into that hole, dems. This really resonates with independent soccer moms :roll:

Yeah, DEMS. Keep digging that Marxist-liberal commie hole of yours! Yeah! That's the ticket! I've got some COMMIE RED WALLPAPER TO WALLPAPER THAT HOLE, OF YOURS, WHICH SHOULD BE RED BECAUSE YOU'RE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MARXIST COMMIE!!! 1.

Who gives a fuck? How much time do you think independent soccer moms have to read news like this, all between driving their spawn to practice, making Stove-Top, and checking their Yahoo! mail accou... OHWAI.

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[midway]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: herm0016

Originally posted by: senseamp
How can one even consider voting for any ticket with Palin on it?
That woman is a national security risk with judgment of a 5 year old.

because she used yahoo for her personal e-mail? I don't think the SS will let her put the launch codes on digg or anything... way to draw a conclusion.

"gov" is hardly personal

So you have never seen anyone else use something from their profession as part of their username for a personal e-mail (or Technology Forum) account, postmortemIA?

She used that account for her official business email. Her aids have had to remind people (via emails that came out through FOIA) that her 'official' email address wasn't the one she used for -anything-.

 

[Aegeon]

For those curious how the account got hacked, apparently all the person needed to do in order to change the password for the email account was correctly identify Sarah Palin's birth date (which is easily found on her Wikipedia entry among other places) and then put in Wasilla's zip code to answer the "zip code" question.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=967445&cid=25047097

She didn't exactly have an effective security setup on the account.

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: alchemize
Keep digging yourselves into that hole, dems. This really resonates with independent soccer moms :roll:

Yeah, DEMS. Keep digging that Marxist-liberal commie hole of yours! Yeah! That's the ticket! I've got some COMMIE RED WALLPAPER TO WALLPAPER THAT HOLE, OF YOURS, WHICH SHOULD BE RED BECAUSE YOU'RE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MARXIST COMMIE!!! 1.

Who gives a fuck? How much time do you think independent soccer moms have to read news like this, all between driving their spawn to practice, making Stove-Top, and checking their Yahoo! mail accou... OHWAI.

What the fuck are you talking about?

What the fuck are YOU talking about?

What does having some MountainDew stained t-shirt kid hijacking Saint Sarah's Yahoo email have to do with the "dems," and their relation to "independent soccer moms."

Are you suggesting that the DMC or the Obama campaign is behind the hacking and the news stories?

 

[FoBoT]

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TITLE 18. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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CHAPTER 119--WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND
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[alchemize]

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: alchemize

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: alchemize
Keep digging yourselves into that hole, dems. This really resonates with independent soccer moms :roll:

Yeah, DEMS. Keep digging that Marxist-liberal commie hole of yours! Yeah! That's the ticket! I've got some COMMIE RED WALLPAPER TO WALLPAPER THAT HOLE, OF YOURS, WHICH SHOULD BE RED BECAUSE YOU'RE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MARXIST COMMIE!!! 1.

Who gives a fuck? How much time do you think independent soccer moms have to read news like this, all between driving their spawn to practice, making Stove-Top, and checking their Yahoo! mail accou... OHWAI.

What the fuck are you talking about?

What the fuck are YOU talking about?

What does having some MountainDew stained t-shirt kid hijacking Saint Sarah's Yahoo email have to do with the "dems," and their relation to "independent soccer moms."

Are you suggesting that the DMC or the Obama campaign is behind the hacking and the news stories?

No, I doubt it was the DNC or Obama. But I would guess it was a MountainDew stained t-shirt leftie that did it. And it was certainly mainstream dems that spread it around (note poster). And mainstream dems have no problem with it, and are cheering it on, and are dissapointed they didn't find any dirt. So it's merely a symptom of the stupid anti-Palin tactics that are converting independents.

 

[ranmaniac]

What next, a raid on her underwear drawer?