Palin Email "hacker" caught, faces 5 yrs in jail/$250K fine

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A 20-year-old college student was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Tennessee for allegedly hacking into the Yahoo e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

David C. Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee and the son of Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell, a Democrat, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday and will be arraigned Wednesday before Judge C. Clifford Shirley.

If convicted, Kernell faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. He is accused of gaining unlawful access to stored communications and obtaining information from a protected computer via interstate communication.
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they'll make an example of him


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2332177,00.asp
 
wow speed reading ftw ..I hit the submit button not 10 seconds ago

anyways, he's not much of a "hacker" ..he guessed her password
 
still he shouldnt of been doing it :) i hope he enjoys getting raped in prison
 
Kase said:
still he shouldnt of been doing it :) i hope he enjoys getting raped in prison
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She shouldn't have been mixing personal and official communications like that. Also, you seriously think that reading someones (boring) email is worthy of spending years in prison for?
 
I hope he gets a good lawyer. The guy is an idiot and a douchebag but I can't help feeling sorry for him. All he did was reset her password because she was stupid enough to use yahoo for her emails (something that was illegal for her to do in the first place). And if the max he can get is 5 years then he should be sleeping easier, this could have been a lot worse.
 
Ennui said:
She shouldn't have been mixing personal and official communications like that. Also, you seriously think that reading someones (Private) email is worthy of spending years in prison for?
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fixed and yes i do
 
No Limit said:
I hope he gets a good lawyer. The guy is an idiot and a douchebag but I can't help feeling sorry for him. All he did was reset her password because she was stupid enough to use yahoo for her emails (something that was illegal for her to do in the first place). And if the max he can get is 5 years then he should be sleeping easier, this could have been a lot worse.
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well he will have a criminal record if convicted and will have a hard time shaking this because of the media frenzy around the story ..he's lucky if anyone hires him.
 
I'd be more worried about the 5 years in prison than what my career opporunities will be afterwards. But I was expecting the max time for something like this to be up to 20 years in prison. If it's only 5 a good lawyer could probably knock that down quite a bit. And I don't know that they will want to make an example of him, based on what we have seen since this "hack" first happened the McCain campaign has been trying to keep this as quiet as possible. Again, by using yahoo for official business she was breaking the law, they don't really want americans talking about that.
 
he probably wont see much jail time; time served and perhaps 30 days or so on top ....his record will follow him around for life
 
good luck finding a publisher after Palin moves into obscurity following next months devastating defeat
 
CptStern said:
good luck finding a publisher after Palin moves into obscurity following next months devastating defeat
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I see you got a lot more hope than I do, that makes me feel a little better.
 
Kase said:
fixed and yes i do
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The kid was stupid, and he shouldn't have did what he did, but by no means is 5 years in prison and that fine a reasonable punishment.

It isn't just 5 years, it's not like you just walk in and you walk out, that shit changes your relationships, your life, the people around you, everything. And you're saying he deserves that?

I think you're a hell of a lot worse than he is.
 
No Limit said:
I see you got a lot more hope than I do, that makes me feel a little better.
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on noes! I going off the confidence in a obama win you instilled last week or so ..OMG FALSE HOPES!
 
zombieturtle01 said:
The kid was stupid, and he shouldn't have did what he did, but by no means is 5 years in prison and that fine a reasonable punishment.

It isn't just 5 years, it's not like you just walk in and you walk out, that shit changes your relationships, your life, the people around you, everything. And you're saying he deserves that?

I think you're a hell of a lot worse than he is.
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you do somthing wrong you should be willing to face the consequences. The consequences for his actions is a fine and 5 years the thats fine by me ,yes he was a stupid kid but stupidity should not be a valid excuse for what he did, he obviusly knew what he was doing was illegal but he still went ahead and did it.
if you think that i am worse than him your judgment is well off :dozey:
 
Way to bother addressing the concern about whether the consequence fits the action.
 
I kind of feel sorry for Sarah Palin because all of the bashing she and her family is recieveing.
 
She went into politics, voluntarily exposing herself to whatever people might think of her, and they thought she was terrible.

BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW

Cry me a river ;(
 
CptStern said:
on noes! I going off the confidence in a obama win you instilled last week or so ..OMG FALSE HOPES!
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I'm hopeful one week and then paranoid the next. Don't pay too much attention. :LOL:
 
she's a christian her reward is heaven after life on earth ..perhaps god in his merciful mercy will give her a brain anyerism (if he hasnt already judging by the way she talks all folksy like) thereby reuniting her with jesus and his hoary hosts before the alloted time ..it's a win win situation for everybody



UPDATE:

"Hacker" pleads not guilty


The 20-year-old son of a Tennessee state legislator pleaded not guilty to illegally accessing the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/S...-Pleads-Not-Guilty-in-Sarah-Palin-Email-Hack/
 
What? He turns himself in and says he is not guilty?
 
Five years seems a bit much for guessing/resetting a stupid yahoo password and I bet if it was Joe Public's account the FBI wouldn't give a shit.

But while the hypocrisy of it bugs me, I wouldn't want someone rooting through my life and shit, I think what he did falls under the umbrella of identity theft and that is a pretty serious and damaging crime so basically he deserves punishment.
 
Fucking ridiculous. Yeah, what he did was wrong, but there's no reason to put this kid in in jail for 5 years and fine him to death. Would this have happened to him if he guessed his friend's password and his friend found out about it and pressed charges? Hell no, they'd throw that case out faster than his friend could state it. Since the account belonged to some dumb bitch who happens to be governor of Alaska/vice presidential candidate, this kid's life gets trashed.

Nevermind the fact that Palin was using the account for state matters which is completely illegal. Let's focus on ruining some 20-year-old college student's life.

It was a stupid thing to do, but this is utterly draconian punishment.
 
At first I was like "Damn, thats a harsh penalty for doing somthing stupid that didnt cause any damage. Especially since he turned himself in."


Then I read that he just plead not guilty... so you know what? I'm fine with keeping this idiot out of society for as long as possible.
 
Kase said:
you do somthing wrong you should be willing to face the consequences. The consequences for his actions is a fine and 5 years the thats fine by me ,yes he was a stupid kid but stupidity should not be a valid excuse for what he did, he obviusly knew what he was doing was illegal but he still went ahead and did it.
if you think that i am worse than him your judgment is well off :dozey:
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Punishment must fit the crime, Punishment does not fit the crime, yousuck.

5 years is way to big for 'resetting password' of an idiot.

And you know this wouldn't have been followed up if the yahoo account had been anybody who wasn't famous.
 
Krynn72 said:
At first I was like "Damn, thats a harsh penalty for doing somthing stupid that didnt cause any damage. Especially since he turned himself in."

Then I read that he just plead not guilty... so you know what? I'm fine with keeping this idiot out of society for as long as possible.
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indeed. The dude's a mother****ing idiot. Also, didn't he take screenshots of the emails and upload them on the internet? that makes him even more stupid. don't know about 5 years though, sounds kinda harsh but oh well it's his own fault for being stupid. I always have a hard time feeling any sympathy for hackers. Or "hackers", whatever.
 
Kase said:
fixed and yes i do
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Then you're a moron. The punishment does not fit the crime at all. Maybe we should toss people in county for a week for jaywalking.
 
it could be on advice from his lawyers ..this is s preliminary hearing, he'll probably change it to guilty when it ever goes to trial ..it's a jury trial so they'll probably give him a slap on the wrist
 
I acknowledge that the punishment is a bit over the top, but I'm simply not able to feel bad for the dude even if I tried.
 
hay he did the crime he should be willing to face the punishment no matter what it is he was a idiot but 5 years for some noob hacker isnt enough imo Hackers are some of the lowest form of scum in the world
 
Kase said:
hay he did the crime he should be willing to face the punishment no matter what it is he was a idiot but 5 years for some noob hacker isnt enough imo Hackers are some of the lowest form of scum in the world
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i always thought child rapists were some of the lowest form of scum...

what are you even basing that on? Did someone hack your computer?
 
Kase said:
hay he did the crime he should be willing to face the punishment no matter what it is he was a idiot but 5 years for some noob hacker isnt enough imo Hackers are some of the lowest form of scum in the world
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Wow, you are retarded. Get your ass pwned at counterstrike too much or what?
 
no am really really good when it comes to fps games

Barney Trouble said:
i always thought child rapists were some of the lowest form of scum...

what are you even basing that on? Did someone hack your computer?
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and no i just dont see the reasoning behind why they feel the need to hack somthing its just pointless and sad
 
A more fitting punishment is for a jock to show up and punch em square in the nose, nice and hard.


Ahhhhhhh justice. :LOL:
 
Kase said:
and no i just dont see the reasoning behind why they feel the need to hack somthing its just pointless and sad
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Why did you climb the mountain?

Because the mountain is there.

How pointless and sad.

In all honesty he was probably just probing the limits of how shit Palin was at internets security. For that, five years in jail? Bullllllshiiiiiit.
 
......

*looks up lawbook*

Section 17, Article 1 of the Information and Communication Secrecy Protection Law

Those who violate the above rules stated above in Section 3 (Any persons, without consent, censors, blocks, wiretaps, or listens/reads/views electronic communication material) will be imprisoned for up to 3 years, and/or 10 years probation for officials (if in accordance with the Social Security Law), and/or a fine of up to 30 million won (30K USD). Exceptions are treason, sedition, regarding international relations, mutiny, aiding the enemy, or otherwise listed in the National Security law or the Military Secrets law.
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So our supposedly draconian laws are actually a helluva lot lenient than those of the US. Hah! I win!



Anyway, I believe that our communications and secrets should be protected to the fullest, under applicable laws.
 
Jintor said:
Why did you climb the mountain?

Because the mountain is there.

How pointless and sad.

In all honesty he was probably just probing the limits of how shit Palin was at internets security. For that, five years in jail? Bullllllshiiiiiit.
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Jintor said:
Why did you climb the mountain?

Because the mountain is there.

How pointless and sad.

In all honesty he was probably just probing the limits of how shit Palin was at internets security. For that, five years in jail? Bullllllshiiiiiit.
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Except that a mountain climber in all honety has acheived a thousand times greater deeds than someone who guesses a password. Besides, mountain climbing isn't illegal, and you can't really push the limits of the human body and sprit by guessing a password. (Of course, if this guessing took a decade or two, I;d be impressed.)


Edit: Double post...?
 
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