Closing in on the Palin e-mail hacker Updated
Scroll for updates…conflicting info on Kernell
The Tennessean reports what blogs have been buzzing about all day:
The son of state Rep. Mike Kernell has been contacted by authorities in connection with a probe into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Kernell confirmed on Thursday.
Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, said his 20-year-old son David had been contacted by authorities investigating the hacking of Palin’s personal email account.
AdvertisementThe FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation on Wednesday into the hacking.
David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mike Kernell said he spoke to his son on Thursday, as he does on a regular basis.
Kernell otherwise declined to comment, or discuss his son’s whereabouts and whether he was in custody.
Computerworld gives credit to this blog for telling the story behind the e-mail hacking, and reports that the Web proxy firm Ctunnel is now working with the feds, as owner Gabriel Ramuglia had promised he would do if asked:
The Webmaster of a proxy service called Ctunnel.com, which may have been used by a hacker to illegally access the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is working with law enforcement authorities to track down the person behind the break-in.
Gabriel Ramuglia, the Athens, Ga.-based Webmaster of Ctunnel, said today that URLs in screenshots of Palin’s e-mail — photos were posted online yesterday on 4chan.org and other sites — suggested that whoever accessed her Yahoo! account had used his proxy service.
Ramuglia said in an interview that he was contacted by FBI officials last night and asked to retain computer logs of the last few days’ activity on his service and make sure nothing is deleted. Ramuglia, who normally stores only a week’s worth of log data, said he would not have deleted anything anyway because of the illegal nature of what had happened.
Ramuglia is now in the process of importing more than 80GB worth of log data into a database for analysis. He said he’s reasonably confident he can help authorities sift through the logs and trace access back to the originating IP address — especially because the self-professed hacker has admitted using just one proxy service to access Palin’s account.
The alleged hacker said in an online posting that he gained access by simply resetting the password to Palin’s Yahoo! e-mail account using its password recovery service. That’s according to a description of events posted on a blog site run by conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin…
The Associated Press is still not cooperating with the feds. But it has published a new story about Ramuglia’s cooperation — and has recycled the story behind the hacking as an “original” report.
Oh, yeah, and they’re still blaming Sarah Palin for making herself a victim of the crime.
Keep carrying that Obama water, AP.
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Update: Conflicting info on whether Kernell is being investigated. See The Other McCain for the twists and turns.
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For the lulz, indeed.
“Oh, yeah, and they’re still blaming Sarah Palin for making herself a victim of the crime.”
Oh, well that would kind of blow a hole in their smearing McCain for not having an email account then..
If these political preditors are caught may they be prosecuted and jailed to the fullest!!
I have no idea whether Kernell’s son had any involvement in this crime, but I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts if he did the Dumocrats and their stooges in the media will circle the wagons around him claiming he’s “just a kid,” “family is off limits,” etc. Compare that with the near-pedophilic media feeding frenzy over Bristol Palin and her underage sister Willow.
OMG…a democrat operative’s son? TOO RICH!
If a Democrat’s kid did it he’ll get 30 days community service.
And a full-ride scholarship to UoT-K.
4 words of advice for that young man: soap on a rope.
Islamists blame rape victims too – AP is so inept, with some of their stories being questioned for authenticity. They are almost as factual as Dan Rather.
Well done and thanks to the commenter who emailed the details of the happenings at the /b/ site.
Very nice.
Technically, David Kernell’s actions are more akin to a cracker than a hacker but that would prove too amusing to the race baiters on the left, no?
there, fixed.
Good job Michelle!
Good job all you techno Malkinites!
His future.
all the libs in my office just shrugged their shoulders about this and made fun of her for having a yahoo account. which made me wonder why i even mentioned it, because i knew that is exactly what would happen. indifference and condescension – trademarks of the democratic party.
if the tables were turned, these very o’bots would be going ballistic right now.
no, no, no, he has a bright future as a congressman.
True Miss Cheryl, it should read Fort Knox.
Remember the big deal made over contractors(?) looking into the passport files of…who was it, Hillary and maybe even BHO?
Hmm, the son of a DNC official to blame for hacking Palin’s acct.
I could go into all the conspiracy theories that you know dems would had the son of a RNC official done the same, but I won’t. The fact that he found nothing and he’s going to jail is enough for me.
This was an Id10t move, when I used to hack I would go through 5 servers at a minimum! Usually 15, but that was as far back as the ARPANET would trace back then
I have a feeling the Obama campaign is behind this. They want to destroy Palin any way they can. Now the MSM is following suit by saying that Palin is the one doing “illegal activity” with her e-mail! How sick is the MSM and the liberals?!
Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…
Well, come on – what do you expect. I mean, she was wearing a short skirt, and the top of her blouse was unbuttoned; it was obvious what she wanted…
Oh, wait. I thought we stopped having those Neanderthal thoughts several decades ago. I guess the Dems need some enlightenment.
pant pant pant, quick, somebody needs to hurry or the needed info will be up sandy bergers pantleg. Dems hide stuff in the oddest places.
lgm with a Republican analogy in 3…2…1
Oh, great!
Another effin’ democrap a$$hole from my neck o’ the woods!
Sheesh!
If this scuzball is caught, if he/she is white, paint black, give jessie a rusty knife and tell jj this person is bo then see if he really wants to cut his n**s off.
The Dems are still trying to say that she was using the account to bypass the archiving requirement for Gov’t. But, if so she was breaking the separation of Church and State from what I have seen!
This guy will be on the Darwin awards for the year. You have the feds, SS, and numerous former hackers who are working for the feds. who know how to find these people, and the blogs who have gobs of people going to find this person. Just follow the money.
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Well, if this proves true, as a resident of the great state of Tennessee, I offer my apologies to the rest of the nation for our state having produced this failure of a human being.
And I thought the most embarrassed I could be was back when the Tennessee Roadkill Bill was news. Sighhh.
Oh well, Tennessee is totally going for McCain – not a chance for BO here – so that’s some recompense, anyway.
At 20 years of age, he is not a child.
The average age of a GI in the Vietnam was 19.
He’s been able to drive since he was 16.
He could vote at 18.
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On September 18th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, Bucklee said:
Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…
Maybe you should report that to FBI???
Hacker, cracker, it doesn’t matter. His new name is sally soft hands.
I know, bad sonofdy…
Dosen’t look like he will be voting in this election!
My guess, Palin will be the most forgiving person this kid may ever meet.
Sorry. Meant to “quote.”
Maybe you should report that to FBI???
Even if it doesn’t, I apologize for our congressman Walter Jones and promise to see he is looking for employment next year.
Townhall update!
YIPPEEEE —- Sic ‘em
Technically, this invasion appears is more “social engineering” rather than a “hack.” Yeah, this is a small point, but an important one.
The kid may or may not be a computer guru but rather someone who knows how to Google for personal information.
Tricking yahoo into resetting your password is an investigative feat and not a technical one.
Time to review my account security.
More from Townhall:
Link to the News story:
Theres the link!
if true….wow, some young punk just ruined his life, oh yeah, right his daddy is a democrat politician that will be able to make this go away..
i will add that caveat, if true. but somehow i think it will be found to be true. i would love to be a fly on that wall when daddy and son are alone. geesh..well i wonder how connected to obamitler’s campaign he might be, if at all? curiouser and curiouser..
Wait, a college kid wrote that? I hope daddy sues the school for his tuition money. The kid has obviously learned NOTHING.
“Hi everyone! I’m an idiot.”
Posted when he was 15. Not sure I would have done better at that point in my life!
Over what? PDS. Thats it. Sad really. The country has lost an up and coming wal mart cashier, or maybe even stock boy.
Palin’s kid goes off to war and this kid is in and out of institutions and is obviously nearly illiterate despite the fact that he is in college.
See the difference between liberals and conservatives?
ooohhh come on! Leave the poor boy alone! He’s depressed!
Looks like Rep Mike Kernell is also part of the Tennessee Democrats for Obama.
Does this surprise anyone?
Excellent work Michelle. This is the perfect example of how honest journalism benefits the country.
The perpetrator, whoever he or she maybe, should have the book thrown at them. Now is the time to start making examples out of these cretins. These personal invasions must end; jail time will serve as a disincentive. Book him Danno.
The anti-depressants made him do it!
Hell he is about to become a hero to the left and bubbas favorite play thing!!! All in one day!!!
Well, when I was 15 I was reading Plato and Tolstoy. And my 11 year-old writes better than that. My 13 year-old has won writting contests already.
Who is going to suggest daddy needs to leave politics to take care of his children? Olbermann? Matthews? Anybody?
This young man sounds like a Jim McDermott prodigy!
It was Bush’s fault.
WarEagle82:
To quote Monty Python:
In New Zealand, you are preparing to take the high school graduation tests at 16. There are 3 types of certificates.
5th form – basic graduation (lower middle class) 16 yo
6th form – technical college prep (upper middle class) 17 yo
7th form – University prep 18 yo
Thats right you can graduate at 16 and go on to be a minimum wage dude.
That’s insult to wal-mart employees everywhere! I kinda doubt his daddy would let him be a wal-mart employee, after all those Dem’s just hate wal-mart. Nope, he was probably heading for lobbyist…now, just heading for bubba’s he/she-friend.
One political campaign hacks into another campaign’s e-mail to gain intelligence. Like burglary, excpet without operative posing as plumbers?
Going back into memory banks. Running…Running… Running.
Oh I know what this is! WATERGATE!
No, daddy is a Democrat so his little boy will get a cushy job at Freddie Mac.
We should send him to Afghanistan and offer him as trade bait to Al Qaeda.
My collie says:
The greatest weakness of the Left is their unrelieved arrogance and contempt for their enemies. The good news in this is that it shows the Right can move very quickly against cyber-attackers, which I rather suspect must come as a remarkable surprise to the Left, who are always supremely confident that conservatives can barely make it to the logging in stage of their
homewoodshed PC.“Good work!” indeed to the emerging MM network.
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark…
If this had happened 30 years ago, this would be the equivalent of the Watergate (break-in), but now that it is Democrats that are doing it…the Demcrats barely care
It is rather unfortunate that the kid is illiterate and depressed.
I hope he gets whatever help he needs to manage his depression.
What he did was despicable and dumb. And, he will pay for it. However, I suspect that Gov. Palin will not seek full prosecution. I wouldn’t, even if he had trashed my family.
Somewhere along the line, we all have to take a look at the current political situation and say: “I will NOT become a vindictive person just because I belong to Party X or Party Y. And, I will NOT hold a kid responsible for his parents’ equally unfortunate choice of world views.
At least, that is what I would hope Republicans would do.
Applause goes to you, Michelle. Somehow, had you not bird-dogged this story, I suspect that the investigative gears would be turning a lot more slowly.
Start limbering up for a victory lap; I suspect you’ll be taking one soon…
When are our overindulged youth going to realize that there are consequences to their actions. Don’t parents teach their children anything anymore except how to be spoiled brats.
Thanks, Mrs. Malkin for posting this story for us to read, and stay informed. Since he’s a son of a Democrat who’s working to elect Barack HUSSEIN Obama, I doubt we’ll hear any more about it after this week.
You do a great job, M’am.
It will be interesting to see how the biased media plays this, if true. A great example of fine young Democrats.
Icing. On. Cake.
Oh, I see a Noble Peace Prize in this kids future.
Note at the end how they identified Michelle as a “conservative” columnist. Would they call a liberal a “liberal” columnist?
I wonder what his major is. Computer science maybe?
Good Catch SBKen. No they wouldn’t mention a liberal. They did that the other day with O’Reilly calling him a Conservative and the liberal was just mentioned by name.
On September 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, TypicalWhite said:
Well, if this proves true, as a resident of the great state of Tennessee, I offer my apologies to the rest of the nation for our state having produced this failure of a human being.
And I thought the most embarrassed I could be was back when the Tennessee Roadkill Bill was news. Sighhh.
Oh well, Tennessee is totally going for McCain – not a chance for BO here – so that’s some recompense, anyway.
Too late. We’ll never forgive you for Algore the Insane.
I guess the misguided, depressed, and illiterate, demoncrat (oops, redundant)must have heard about McCain’s problems with the internet and surmised that they were talking about us all!
Hopefully, Palin won’t have a say regarding his punishment. This, after all, is a new frontier and the proper precedent must be set. He should get 5 years in a Federal Pen. At the least, he should carry a felony conviction for the rest of his life. Right now, he’s too stupid to know how that’s the kiss of death.
Lindsay …It will be interesting to see how the biased media plays this, if true.
Plays what?
Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…
That link does not work.
Everyone raised cain about Bristol Palin being pregnant. Between this hacker and the drug and human smuggling son of a FL Congressman, looks like Sarah Palin is still the better parent.
Those were my exact thoughts when I heard this on Fleming’s show today. I knew Michelle would be all over it too. When you get right down to it, we’re completely surrounded by Dems here.
TypicalWhite, it’s nice to hear someone comment about the rest of the great state of TN. Memphis is the liberal sinkhole of the state, so it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are other conservatives out there.
Even though nothing has been nailed down yet about this state senator’s son, I’m totally unsurprised. After the past several years of Operation Tennessee Waltz and all the corruption and other nonsense that I’ve seen, it’s just par for the course.
If so, he should choose another line of work. He’s obviously not got the talent to pull it off.
Ok can’t let some punk 20 yr old take the credit for something I did. GS and BO paid me 25 grand to do it and AP and ABC paid me another 10 grand to sit on the story.
Over 300 million people in this country, and the
domestic terroristhacker mayhave a direct linkbe directly related tothe man who may become our next Presidenta Democratic state Congressman. What a shocker.