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search house for hacking Palin
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 6:58 am
by one love
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI searched the residence of the son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee over the weekend looking for evidence linking the young man to the hacking of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
David Kernell, 20, has not returned repeated phone calls or e-mails from the AP since last week. His lawyer said Monday the family is going through a difficult period.
"The Kernell family wants to do the right thing, and they want what is best for their son," said attorney Wade V. Davies of Knoxville. "We are confident that the truth will emerge as we go through the process. David is a decent and intelligent young man, and I look forward to assisting him during this difficult period."
Kernell is the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, a Memphis Democrat and chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee. The father declined last week to discuss the possibility his son might be involved in the case.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080922/D93C1GC81.html
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 7:16 am
by beckrl
Just because you know how to hack doesn't mean you should.
I think that is alot of the problem today persons know how and do it for fun or other reasons.
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 7:35 am
by jinjer
Actually, the email account wasn't hacked. A password change was initiated under false pretenses. The person initiating falsified theirself to be Sarah Palin, using commonly asked information, then changing the password to whatever he/she wanted. Hacking is different.
Jinjer
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 7:48 am
by beckrl
A password change was initiated under false pretenses
A security hole??
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 8:58 am
by Pastor Bill
beckrl wrote:A password change was initiated under false pretenses
A security hole??
not a technical one, but a human one. Most "security" on public email systems is just being able to answer a few "personal" questions like your mother's maiden name, or the street you grew up on. These are not difficult questions to research, especially on someone who is in the political spotlight.
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 9:16 am
by DaJudge
jinjer wrote:Actually, the email account wasn't hacked. A password change was initiated under false pretenses. The person initiating falsified theirself to be Sarah Palin, using commonly asked information, then changing the password to whatever he/she wanted. Hacking is different.
Jinjer
Semantics. Either way, it's still illegal.
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 9:35 am
by one love
how did he find out she had a email account with yahoo?
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 12:10 pm
by oletimer
one love Posted:
how did he find out she had a email account with yahoo?
:seek and ye shall find"
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 12:45 pm
by one love
oletimer wrote:one love Posted:
how did he find out she had a email account with yahoo?
:seek and ye shall find"
Hey that sounds like a message I preached recently
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 4:24 pm
by RamboPreacher
one love wrote:oletimer wrote:one love Posted:
how did he find out she had a email account with yahoo?
:seek and ye shall find"
Hey that sounds like a message I preached recently
you taught on using Google search, Yahoo search, and MS live search, in church? kewl.
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 5:30 pm
by KBevangelist
Regardless if it was hacked or impersonated to be her and changed info to get in it is still an invasion of privacy.
Isn't this the son of the congressman who compared Obama to Jesus and Palin to Ponteius Pilot
KB
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 5:41 pm
by Full Quiver
No, different guy but I think from the same region.
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 10:54 pm
by one love
RamboPreacher wrote:one love wrote:oletimer wrote:one love Posted:
how did he find out she had a email account with yahoo?
:seek and ye shall find"
Hey that sounds like a message I preached recently
you taught on using Google search, Yahoo search, and MS live search, in church? kewl.
No about JESUS