KevinDW78 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) Ok, stuff like this really burns me. I'm not some pro-Palin person but the evil seething hatred that the far-left perpetrates on the right is just disgusting http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/pa...ed-on-web-site/ In the latest of a series of invasions into Sarah Palin’s personal life, hackers have broken into the Republican vice presidential candidate’s private e-mail account, and a widely read Web site has published screen grabs from it. An article Wednesday in Gawker.com posts family photos and snapshots of e-mail exchanges the Alaska governor had with colleagues. Gawker says the-email account has since been shut down, but it will leave the images up on its site for all to see. Edited September 17, 2008 by KevinDW78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Ok, stuff like this really burns me. I'm not some pro-Palin person but the evil seething hatred that the far-left perpetrates on the right is just disgusting http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/pa...ed-on-web-site/ More likely they're just nerds looking for hot pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordr Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I check democraticunderground.com every so often just to see what they're complaining about on any particular day and they're absolutely rejoicing over this vile invasion of privacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidV Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Here's a good summary with some context: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080...gov-e-mail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammon Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 (edited) The article David linked was trying to claim 4chan was behind it. It appears it's up on the air, 4chan is saying it's Gawkers or something else. If it was 4chan, they were probably just looking for porn or something to laugh at. Edit: I'm not excusing the fact that she was violated. I'm just saying it could of been something far worse. Edited September 18, 2008 by Mammon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriatarka Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Yeah I'd heard it was 4chan. If so I doubt it was politically motivated ('the far left'), they probably just done it because they were able to do it. Using a yahoo email account with such an easily guessable password ('popcorn' heh) for important business was pretty dumb of her though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 (edited) It's being reported that popcorn was not her password -- though it is safe enough for any account that guards against trial and error attacks. The person who broke in is said to have requested Yahoo to reset her password, providing her Zip Code and Birthdate and answering "high school" to the challenge-question of where she met her husband. Of course, if she had thought about it a bit, she'd have realized that those things are really simple to find out or to guess. With more and more things going online, people need to understand that breaking and entering online is no more or a "prank" than if someone broke into a home and walked through it checking out private articles and papers, without taking anything. Edited September 18, 2008 by softwareNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Rebel Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Ok, stuff like this really burns me. I'm not some pro-Palin person but the evil seething hatred that the far-left perpetrates on the right is just disgusting http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/pa...ed-on-web-site/ It's easy to have knee-jerk reactions and simply blame everything on liberals. It really is. And, you know, on occassion, you're right. But the 4chan crowd is a bit to the right of center, and they often preach anarchy. They are quite anti-regulation. Seething hatred? Really? I hear Hannity say that all the time. I check democraticunderground.com every so often just to see what they're complaining about on any particular day and they're absolutely rejoicing over this vile invasion of privacy. Probably because to them, the 'karma' of wiretapping Americans seems abhorent? Honestly, this is just the beginning to the hackers. While I agree that it is an invasion of privacy, it would be interesting to find how much dirt is found through piercing the veil of government secrecy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UptonStellington Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 By no means do I condone what happened, nor do I condone a lot of similar pranks the 4channers pull. But had it been Obama's email and password they got, they would have done the same -- probably with even more intensity just because he's an actual presidential candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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