Hot Docs: Alleged Hacker of Sarah Palin's Yahoo E-mail Account Indicted

Accused Tennessee resident faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine

By U.S. News Staff

October 8, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Indictment for Palin E-mail Hacking: Tennessee resident David Kernell has been indicted on charges that he "intentionally and without authorization accessed a protected computer by means of an interstate communication"—in short, he allegedly broke into a personal E-mail account used by Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The indictment, which was filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee, summarizes the September incident in which Kernell is alleged to have accessed Palin's Yahoo E-mail account "by researching and correctly answering a series of personal security questions." The charge states that he then copied her personal data and publicized the reset account password online. If he's convicted, Kernell could face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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Natureweapon of 12:13AM December 11, 2009

A High School Student?! Let his sentence be light even as a deterrent; but recruit and preserve his brains as a mole in the looming Cold War (CWII). He might be useful.

Ernest Tetteh of MD 8:21AM October 11, 2008

Sorry not a high school student but a college student. An adult.

He broke serious Federal laws. Wont talk about the dangers he could have put Palin's family in, because you dont care about that.

Guess you dont care about voter fraud either as long as its in the Dems favor.

Sure you think Ayers embing the Capital was OK also as it was a protest against the evil Vietnam War too.

Love people that ignore morality and the law when it is expedient for their political views.

What would you be saying if it had been a young Reblican who had hacked Obama's email? Yours?

Tom of VA 1:08AM October 09, 2008

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