Posted on 09/17/2008 1:47:32 PM PDT by AUJenn
Sometime early this morning, between approximately 3:00am - 4:00am, members of an infamous group of hackers broke into Gov. Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo e-mail account. The incriminating discussion threads included screenshots of Palin’s e-mail and private e-mail addresses of her contacts. The threads have since been deleted.
Hacking e-mail is a federal crime. A TV anchor who broke into his colleague’s e-mail account recently pleaded guilty and faces a maximum five years in prison.
The law will catch up to the hackers, but what about the lowlifes who are now gleefully splashing the alleged contents of Palin’s private e-mail account all over the Internet?
The Gawker smear machine — see here for all the background you need — has posted private family photos of Palin’s children that were apparently stolen from the e-mail account.
They have used Bristol Palin’s illegally obtained private cell phone number from her mom’s private account, recorded her voicemail message, and posted it on their website.
They have reprinted her husband Todd’s private e-mail address and son Track’s private e-mail address.
You think this is just a harmless prank? Those of you who have had to deal with break-ins and identity theft know exactly what a burdensome process it is to recover from crimes like this.
Gawker knowingly and deliberately published illegally obtained photos of the Palin children.
Where are the privacy absolutists now?
You think Palin Derangement Syndrome is bad now? These by-any-means-necessary lunatics are just warming up.
Let me repeat what I said about Nick Denton and his slime businesses in 2006. It’s every bit as relevant now. And I expect the same cowards who said nothing then to remain silent about the violations of the Palin family’s privacy now:
The left is evil.....we see evidence of this everyday.....
Unlike all of the thousand and one other scandals called -gate, this is the 2008 equivalent of Watergate, especially if the people who did this can be linked back to Obama’s campaign. This was a politically motivated break-in in order to intercept private communications. The Bush administration should stop their usual turn-the-other-cheek BS and throw the full investigative power of the Department of Justice to track down who did this before the election. If it can be tied back to Obama then nail him on it too. If (God forbid) Obama is elected, I want President Biden having to consider whether to give him a pardon on not in a couple years.
Being that Gov. Palin is not the owner of the server that was violated she is not the victim of a crime. Instead, Yahoo is that one that is the victim and they should pursue charges against the hackers.
It is time for the Secret Service to step in and go after these scum bags.
This is more than an attack on their privacy and the people involved need to be put in jail for a LONG time.
So, Yahoo! goes for criminal and Palin et. al. go for civil.
Yahoo and other Internet email providers promise security as part of the package. Sure I know how frail that promise is, but they promise it nevertheless. Individuals expect competency from these providers. They are indeed victims beyond Yahoo, and are themselves violated. They should have expectation of redress.
And Republicans go for class action.
Yahoo’s entire net worth would make a nice college fund for Bristol’s baby. I hope the Palins end up owning it.
Don’t hold your breath!
No, not furious at a breach of privacy. But rather, they are furious that the idiot hacker didn't grab more private emails and publish them, while he had the chance!
Scumbag hypocrites. Someone should log the words at these "internet privacy" forums and throw them back at them later.
“...the law will catch up to the hackers...”
nah. this will be forgotten because left wingers can do no wrong as they are officials of the revolutionary army who are above the law and besides, they know lots of lawyers.
IMHO
Honestly, they have flipped their ever loving minds.
This seems like a job for the FBI and Secret Service.
Seems like too many hackers are stupid stuck in the teen years flunky’s who have never had to account for anything.
Bout time they realized this isn’t about pitching a political temper tantrum. This is serious serious business.
I would never trust Yahoo with my business communication.
I said it on the other thread, and I’ll repeat it here:
Does anyone really think anyone will ever be punished, let alone caught?
BULL!
These people represent the majority of the American Sheep, so their actions are validated.
Sorry for the angry punctuation error.
Flunkies, not Flunky’s. And I still may have that wrong, but I don’t care.
Put the losers in jail.
Not a chance. You got to remember that this RAT machine, born and bred in Chicago, is powerful. Nothing will happen.
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