Comments on: Alleged Palin hacker indicted

College student accused of hacking into vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account was indicted Tuesday and has turned himself in to authorities.

[GameGuru5000]

5 Years in Prison !!! for hacking a stupid unprotected email and probably with no freakin firewall... 5 months in jail seems more like it for the lad, then a little probation here and there, but come on, where is justice when we need it? Palin should be given a reprimand for not complying with government security rules.. hehe.. if there are any...

[fdonline]

This is not fair guys, why would someone spend 5 years in jail because they hacked someones email which belongs to a famous politician or a celebrity?

Normal folks like us have had our emails hacked, i reported the case and police did nothing but if its a celebrity or a politician, if someone is cought they spend 5 years in jail.

As a matter of fact, if a guy is cought hacking your PC, they are given a warning at times, sometimes the police wont even look at it.

The government needs to know that we are normal citizens, we are not celebrities or politicians that receive top preferential treatment.

Yes i would like to see the guys who hacked my email rotting in jail.

Why wont the CIA or the top FBI guys prioritize at catching hackers from normal victims like us?

Everyday we have to face torture of people online illegally reading our emails and worse of all hacking or PCs and stealing all our bank info.

[kanttouchthis]

Big deal the kid tapped into her e-mail. Should his punishment for such an act be so stiff? What would have been said if she was just a no-body? Simply because she's a vice presidential running mate makes her so special huh? It goes to show you that she wasn't smart enough to secure her computer assessibilities better than that. And just think, some of you idiots want this careless bimbo in office.

[MSSlayer]

Palin broke the law by using private email for public correspondence. Why hasn't she been charged?

Palin also, once again, proved that she is an idiot.

Her account wasn't hacked, it was accessed due to the stupidity of Palin.

Happily, Caribou Barbie and McShame are on a nonstop downward spiral! Finally, Americans are coming to their senses and saying no to an ignorant executive branch.

[mrdotkom]

Honestly, when first made aware of this I laughed. People assume they are secure and that no one outside of their little world is going to bother them. Well guess what, people need to stop thinking this and solve the problems that face them daily. Palin was partially at fault for using dumb security question answers. However, Yahoo was also at fault for providing this service. If you loose your password, then you don't deserve to get it back. that would solve so many problems with security. Any idiot with a computer and internet access can do this to you, me, or virtually anyone.

[tremelai]

It is against State of Alaska (SOA) network user policy to use non-SOA email systems on state networks.
I live in Alaska and all of my friends that work at the SOA tell me that they would be fired for using public email systems. As a matter of fact, the SOA uses Bluecoat proxy servers to filter the use of public email systems by SOA users. The SOA has a perfectly secure and adept state wide MS Exchange system.

Palin, in a vein attempt at avoiding subpoenas, ordered staff to use public email for state business.
(She undoubtedly had to have the Bluecoat opened up for that to work)

[tremelai]

Utilizing yahoo for a state business email account is the equivalent of storing your vital documents in a cheep, home depot, plastic shed out in the parking lot.

Yes it is a crime to trespass onto private property (the parking lot) and yes it is a crime to break the simple lock the shed to enter it. And yes, the lawyers might not think to look in the shed if documents in said shed are under subpoena.

But its still a plastic shed, in full public view and shows very very BAD judgment on the part of the shed owner. (in this case Palin)

[playswfgames]

for a pretty weak form of hacking (social engineering) thats a long time and a large fine
but this happens (or is attempted) on a daily basis and the majority wouldn't be caught and if they where i highly doubt they would face that penalty

- www.playswfgames.com

[ElDudde]

My mailbox, which sits out by my driveway, would be very easy to break into. All someone has to do is open it and take the mail out. Amazing that people don't do this to me and each of you everyday since it is so easy to do. The rationale here seems to be because it was so easy to do it was therefore justified.

Sorry, not so. You open someone's mailbox, take out their mail, open it and show it to your neighbors, your ass is going to be in big trouble. No different for email. Just because you hide behind your computer screen doesn't mean you relinquish your morality. Nor does it protect you from prosecution.

[mhinnewyork]

On my Defensive Computing CNET blog, I just posted an item about some defensive measures that webmail users can and should take. See
Being smart about webmail
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10061939-33.html

[paydayloanadvocate]

David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of Democratic Representative Mike Kernell of Tennessee, got popped. According to CNN (?Democratic lawmaker's son indicted in Palin hacking?), he reset the password and gained access to GOP VP candidate Palin's personal E-mail account. It is alleged that he read the contents, took a screenshot of her E-mail directory and obtained other personal information. The information that may have been compromised includes E-mail addresses and pictures of family members, one or more cell phone numbers of family members, family birthdates and more from Palin's address book. Interestingly, after turning himself in, David Kernell pleaded not guilty. He pleaded not guilty despite the fact that he (allegedly) took the information he hacked from Palin's personal account and posted it to a public Web site. Not only that, but he posted the new password he?d created, which would enable others to easily access Palin's E-mail themselves and view any of the contents. As a result, Kernell Junior may be subject to the heat of a five-year prison term, $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. That?s enough to turn anybody into a fluffy white piece of popcorn. At the maximum of $1,500 per loan, that bail would require about 167 individual payday loans to free that fluffy little popped grain treat from being overcooked by cellmates.

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