9.23.2008

LOL internet anonymity


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hunt for the hacker who broke into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account is shaping up to be a remarkably simple investigation, by the standards of major cybersecurity whodunits.



U.S. investigators figure the hacker claimed responsibility in a detailed accounting that included his own personal e-mail address and that he tried to cover his trail using a U.S. Internet anonymity service that has been surprisingly cooperative with the FBI in efforts to peel away that anonymity.

[From East Valley Tribune | Daily Arizona News for Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale]

PS: "gov.sarah" used Yahoo email to conduct state business, looks like. Is it too much to ask that high government officials have at least some basic network intelligence, even just a little bit?



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