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United States presidential election campaign when the Yahoo! Sarah Palin was subjected to unauthorized access. The hacker, David Kernell, had obtained access to Palin's account by looking up biographical details such as her high school and birthdate and using Yahoo!'s account recovery for forgotten passwords. Kernell then posted several pages of Palin's email on 4chan's /b/ board. Kernell, who at the time of the offense was a 2. Democraticstate representative.
Mike Kernell of Memphis. He was charged in October 2. After he was led into the court in leg irons and handcuffs, the judge released him on his own recognizance, pending trial.[1][2] The incident was ultimately prosecuted in a U.
S. federal court as four felony crimes punishable by up to 5. The charges were three felonies: identity theft, wire fraud, and anticipatory obstruction of justice; and one optional as felony or misdemeanor: intentionally accessing an account without authorization. Kernell pleaded not guilty to all counts. A jury trial, featuring the testimony of Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin, as well as 4chan founder Christopher Poole,[5] began on April 2.
On April 3. 0, 2. Kernell guilty on two counts: the felony of anticipatory obstruction of justice and the misdemeanor of unauthorized access to a computer.[6][7] Sarah Palin posted a note on her Facebook page stating that she and her family were thankful the jury had rendered a just verdict in her opinion.[8]Kernell was sentenced on November 1. The sentencing judge recommended that the custody be served in a halfway house,[9] but the Federal Bureau of Prisons sent him instead to a minimum security prison.[1. In January 2. 01. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found Kernell's awareness of a possible future FBI investigation was enough to uphold a conviction on obstruction of justice.[1.
Incident[edit]Shortly after midnight on September 1. Yahoo! Mail account of Sarah Palin was cracked by a 4chan user.[4] The hacker, known as "Rubico", claimed he had read Palin's personal e- mails because he was looking for something that "would derail her campaign."[4][1.
After reading through Palin's emails, Rubico wrote, "There was nothing there, nothing incriminating — all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor."[4][1. Rubico wrote that he used the Sarah Palin Wikipedia article to find Palin's birth date (one of the standard security questions used by Yahoo![1. The hacker posted the account's password on /b/, an image board on 4chan, and screenshots from within the account to Wiki. Leaks.[1. 5] A /b/ user then logged in and changed the password, posting a screenshot of his sending an email to a friend of Palin's informing her of the new password on the /b/ thread. This man was criticized heavily by the /b/ community, for being a "white knight". However, he did not blank out the password in the screenshot.[1. A multitude of /b/ users then attempted to log in with the new password, and the account was automatically locked out by Yahoo!
The incident was criticized by some /b/ users, one of whom complained that "seriously, /b/. We could have changed history and failed, epically."[1. The hacker admitted he was worried about being caught, writing "Yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this sh*t ever got to the FBI I was f**ked, I panicked, I still wanted the stuff out there .. I posted the [information] .. The hacker left behind traces of his activity. His IP address was logged at the proxy he used, CTunnel.
Furthermore, the attacker revealed the original web address used by the proxy[1. However, with the great interest surrounding the posts of Rubico, many, including wired.
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The Sarah Palin email hack occurred on September 16, 2008, during the 2008 United States presidential election campaign when the Yahoo! personal email account of vice.
The email address left behind was then connected to David Kernell through various social networking profiles where it was used,[1. Campaign response[edit]John Mc. Cain's campaign condemned the incident, saying it was a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law".[1. Barack Obama's spokesman Bill Burton called the hacking "outrageous".[1.
Federal investigation[edit]The FBI and Secret Service began investigating the incident and on September 2. David Kernell, a 2. University of Tennessee and the son of Democratic. Tennessee State Representative.
Mike Kernell from Memphis.[2. The handle used by the hacker when making his post at 4chan pointed to him, although this evidence was inconclusive because of the frequent pranks pulled at that board.[2.
The hacker's proxy service provided its logs, which pointed to Kernell's residence.[2. FBI agents served a federal search warrant at David Kernell's apartment in Knoxville.[2. Agents spent two hours taking pictures of everything inside his apartment.[2. Kernell's three roommates were also subpoenaed and expected to testify the following week in Chattanooga.[2.
The obstruction of justice charge stems from an allegation by the FBI that Kernell attempted to erase evidence of the crime from his hard drive.[2. Kernell's father told Wired that he was aware that his son was a suspect, but he did not ask him anything about it over concerns that he may have to testify in court.[2. Indictment[edit]A second federal grand jury in Knoxville returned an indictment of Kernell on October 7, 2. He was charged with violating 1. U. S. C. В§ 1. 03. C) and В§ 2. 70. 1, or unlawful access to stored communications and intentionally accessing a computer without authorization across state lines, respectively.[3. Kernell turned himself in the next day.[3.
Kernell pleaded not- guilty.[3. The court released Kernell on his own recognizance.[3. Kernell's attorney claimed that using "an e- mail address and a birth date does not constitute identity theft"; however, the court rejected that argument saying "once Governor Palin chose the Yahoo! ID gov. palin@yahoo. Trial verdict[edit]On April 3.
David Kernell was found guilty on two of four counts: the felony of anticipatory obstruction of justice by destruction of records and a misdemeanor of unauthorized access to a computer. The jury acquitted him of the charge of wire fraud and was deadlocked on the charge of identity theft.[3.
In response, Palin issued a press release comparing the case to Watergate.[3. Prosecutors promised a retrial on the identity theft charge if Kernell was successful in his attempt at receiving a new trial.[3.
In November 2. 01. The judge recommended that the sentence be served in a halfway house rather than in a federal prison.[9] However, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which makes the ultimate determination as to where federal prisoners serve their sentence, assigned Kernell to the minimum security prison at the Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland near Ashland, Kentucky.[1.
Jose Santana, the chief of the BOP, said that halfway houses are for convicts who have limited skills and/or limited support from their families. Because Kernell had the support of his family and had attended a university for three years, Santana argued that he does not need to be in a halfway house.[3. Kernell was later relocated to a halfway house.[3. See also[edit]References[edit]^Lakin, Matt (October 8, 2. UT student David Kernell pleads not guilty in Palin e- mail hacking". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved September 1.
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