It’s been a few weeks since Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account was broken into and I’m sure many of you are curious about what’s happening with the case.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I don’t have any new information on the investigation or suspects… Michelle Malkin has confirmed the investigation is ongoing<\/a> though:<\/p>\n I talked to Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney today for a follow-up. She says the \u201cinquiry is ongoing.\u201d She couldn\u2019t comment on any federal grand jury activity that might be taking place related to the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n SecurityFocus columnist Mark Rasch’s latest column examines the relevant federal statutes and how it might apply to the Palin case:<\/p>\n The Vice of Vice Presidential E-Mail<\/strong> Is it a crime to read someone else\u2019s e-mail without their consent?<\/p>\n Seems like a simple question, but the law is not so clear. In mid-September 2008, a hacker using the handle “Rubico” claim credit for breaking into the Yahoo! e-mail account of Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate. In a post online, Rubico wrote that he had been following news reports that claimed Palin had been using her personal Yahoo e-mail account for official government business. (Editor’s note: Reports have linked David Kernell, a 20 year old undergraduate at the University of Tennessee, with the intrusion, but Kernell has not been charged nor indicted.)<\/em><\/p>\n To break into Palin’s account, Rubico had to figure out the personal details that the governor used as security questions. From behind a single proxy server, Rubico used a form of social engineering to change Palin\u2019s password to “popcorn” and then posted both the technique he used and a few of the e-mails he observed. The technique was relatively simple and took less that 45 minutes, because much of Palin\u2019s information was public. Read the rest…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Update <\/strong>(Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 10:05 a.m.):<\/strong> I originally wrote this post a little after 11:00 p.m. last night and after rereading it this morning I decide to change the title and rewrite parts of it. The most significant change is quote from Michelle Malkin’s article.<\/p>\n Update: <\/span><\/strong>Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted<\/a><\/p>\n Previous:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It’s been a few weeks since Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account was broken into and I’m sure many of you are curious about what’s happening with the case. Unfortunately, I don’t have any new information on the investigation or suspects… Michelle Malkin has confirmed the investigation is ongoing though: I talked to Justice Department spokeswoman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[68,7,14],"tags":[203,204,83],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-crime","category-politics","category-technology","tag-e-mail","tag-hacking","tag-sarah-palin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-b1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1643,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/09\/palin-e-mail-hacker-hit-with-additional-charges\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":0},"title":"Palin E-mail Hacker Hit With Additional Charges","author":"Jeff","date":"March 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"David Kernell, the son of a Democratic Tennessee legislator, who was indicted for hacking into Gov. 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\nMark Rasch, SecurityFocus, October 6, 2008<\/p>\n\n