Sarah Palin Possibly Facing Emailgate?
Written by Sue Walsh on September 18, 2008As if Troopergate weren’t enough, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is facing a new scandal. She’s now being accused of using her Yahoo email account to conduct official government business, and of doing so to avoid email compliancy and archive requirements, as well to avoid subpoenas related to the Troopergate scandal. But wait, there’s more.
Time Magazine is reporting that her email account was compromised by hackers. The Wikileaks website has published several screenshots of messages and other data hackers claim they got from one of two Yahoo accounts. The hacker group Anonymous, which is associated with the infamous message board 4Chan (known for the DoS style “pranks” they play on numerous websites) has taken responsibility for the attack.
The Secret Service requested copies of the hacked emails from the Associated Press, which refused, and the FBI is reportedly also launching an investigation. Stay tuned as it appears this is only the beginning of “Emailgate”.
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