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Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online
ZDNet ^ | 9/17/2008 | Ryan Naraine

Posted on 09/17/2008 11:15:26 AM PDT by Domandred

Mod note: Do no post any screenshots of Governor Palin's Yahoo account on Free Republic.
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On the heels of media reports that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was using a private Yahoo e-mail account (gov.palin@yahoo.com) to conduct Alaska state business, hackers have broken into the account and posted evidence of the hijack on Wikileaks.

An activist group calling itself ‘anonymous’ claimed responsibility for the compromise and released screenshots, photographs and the e-mail addresses of several people close to Palin, including her husband Todd and assistant Ivy Frye.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: creeps; democraticslimebags; hacked; hackergate; leftys; leftyscumbags; mccainpalin; palin; palinattacks; palinping; tasteless; wikileaks; yahoo
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Maybe before you tell us all how stupid Gov. Palin is you should wait for some facts.

Like does she really use Yahoo email, does she conduct government business on Yahoo, does she post government files to Yahoo.

You’re jumping to a lot of conclusions.


41 posted on 09/17/2008 11:36:00 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: Domandred

This looks real folks - at least at first pass.

All the zipped files including all the emails, photos, addresses and family pics are on-line at Wikileaks. Hoping this is just a very clever spoof.


42 posted on 09/17/2008 11:36:23 AM PDT by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: Domandred

despicable scum


43 posted on 09/17/2008 11:36:23 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: GraniteStateConservative

“I work in IT and guarding information for my company is of the highest priority. Information management can’t be left to the boobs at Yahoo.”

Yahoo is pretty well run from a tech side. Their email is more dependable than many other organizations.

Users usually bypass the official systems because they are too difficult to use or undependable. I agree she shouldn’t be using yahoo for official business but that doesn’t mean people should be blackmailing her.

It may also have been a tool to reach out to people with something easy to remember.


44 posted on 09/17/2008 11:36:26 AM PDT by driftdiver (No More Obama - The corruption has not changed despite all our hopes.)
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To: Jim Robinson

LOL!


45 posted on 09/17/2008 11:37:50 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Palin Speaks - Results in Fear & Loathing on the Left, Rejoicing on the Right!)
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To: Domandred

It really burns me that so many are out to get her. We need more just like her in government.


46 posted on 09/17/2008 11:39:03 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Domandred; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

47 posted on 09/17/2008 11:40:15 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: TADSLOS

“Looks bogus to me.”
Leave me out of it please!


48 posted on 09/17/2008 11:40:33 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: BigBobber

Most of the ‘email’ seems to be personal in nature. Includes blurry picture of Bristol and Trig on a plane, list of emails with dates, subjects, size an all her contacts, which also appear to be real.


49 posted on 09/17/2008 11:40:40 AM PDT by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: trumandogz
Not a great idea for a governor with national aspirations to use a Yahoo mail accoun

Oh, so it's her fault that a felon stole her data? Talk about blaming the victim.
50 posted on 09/17/2008 11:40:49 AM PDT by Antoninus (McCain/Palin -- The winning ticket!)
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To: BigBobber

Yes, she uses Yahoo. This has been well reported.


51 posted on 09/17/2008 11:41:01 AM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: Domandred

What did Obama know, and when did he know it?!


52 posted on 09/17/2008 11:41:23 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
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To: Domandred

I suspect some IT staffer in Alaska government dug this up at the request of some angry good-old-boys who had their subpeonas handed back to them.


54 posted on 09/17/2008 11:42:23 AM PDT by Puddleglum
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To: dandelion
I delete all emails, and recommend others do the same ... You can download and delete with the proper software. But online email is not safe from sniffing ...

The only safe way is encryption, from your computer to theirs.

55 posted on 09/17/2008 11:42:36 AM PDT by Tarpon (Three things matter when selecting a President - character, character and character.)
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To: txzman

I looked on a hackers forum and it appears that someone hacked, posted the password, and a good Samaritan hacker then logged in a reset the password. Apparently they didn’t get more than a few messages before this occurred.


56 posted on 09/17/2008 11:42:54 AM PDT by Chet 99 (http://www.mccainpalinvictory2008.com/)
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To: txzman

not sure we should republish this info (email contacts list)


57 posted on 09/17/2008 11:43:35 AM PDT by Puddleglum
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To: ajwharton

From what they have posted, it only makes her look better. They must be heartbroken.


58 posted on 09/17/2008 11:43:54 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Jim Robinson; All
I didn't put it into breaking news...or any sidebar. Because when posting I hadn't done followup on other links and such, might have turned out to be nothing (like the Sarah Palin myspace page that isn't actually hers).

But from follow up links and further research at wikileaks does look to be legit and not made up.

However that said I don't think it was her primary gov email. Much like my gmail mail while does get some work related stuff while I'm on the road it is not my primary work email.

This looks more like a private email account and not her work one.

Either way it is still a felony to hack and intercept it.

59 posted on 09/17/2008 11:45:45 AM PDT by Domandred (McWhathisname / Palin - 2008)
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To: Colorado Doug

Take it as a compliment that so many who are evil are out to destroy her. Jesus provides the reason for the hatred:

John 15
18”If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. 23He who hates me hates my Father as well. 24If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

Notice that knowing the truth makes you responsible for it, and they HATE that idea of being unappealably responsible for their behavior.


60 posted on 09/17/2008 11:46:11 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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