Palin’s E-mail Hacker Revealed To Be University of Tennessee Student, David Kernell
Amit Chowdhry | Monday September 22, 2008 | 1,728 views
David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee and the son of Democratic Tennessee state representative, Mike Kernell. It turns out that David is suspected to be the one that hacked into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account and posted the username and password on 4chan.org. After midnight on Sunday, the FBI conducted a search in his apartment where a party was taking place. Kernell and several others fled from the scene before the FBI reached the premises.
However, three of Kernell’s roommates have been given a subpoena. The three of them will have to appear in a court in Chattanooga. No charges have been filed against Kernell yet.
If David Kernell was actually involved with the hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail, he then acted as the owner of the Yahoo! Mail account, gov.palin@yahoo.com and answered the security questions linked to a forgotten password request. Then Kernell reset Palin’s e-mail to “popcorn.” Kernell used the e-mail address, rubico10@yahoo.com to post the username and password of Palin on 4chan. After posting that information, screenshots of Palin’s e-mail appeared all over the web.
What do you get when you hack into the Vice President hopeful’s e-mail? Potentially a misdemeanor as a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Kernell would face little or no time in prison according to Wired.com. Bill O’Reilly of FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor heavily criticized the hackers on of his recent episodes and saw his own website hacked shortly after.
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