No1butPaul
06-05-2012, 07:56 PM
I know this is going to be moved to OP, but who knows what might be on those emails!!!! Sorry in advance mod.
An anonymous tipster claims to have hacked into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's private email account.
The tipster told Gawker Tuesday that by guessing the answer to a security question — What is your favorite pet? — he was able to gain access to mittromney@hotmail.com, the account Romney used to communicate with his staff as recently as 2006.
In an email to Gawker, the tipster said he learned of Romney's Hotmail address through a batch of old emails released Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal. In his tip, he included the answer to the security question, and the new password he allegedly set up for the email account as well as Romney's Dropbox account. (Gawker blacked out both the answer to the security question and the new password.)
SecurityNewsDaily sent an email to the alleged hijacked account. It was not immediately returned.
Romney's campaign communications director, Gail Gitcho, said in a statement Tuesday evening that the "proper authorities are investigating this crime and we will have no further comment on it."
Also, the Associated Press reported, Gitcho would not say whether Romney still uses the Hotmail account. The address became public because Romney used it to conduct state business when he served as governor of Massachusetts, and some of his private emails were obtained under the Massachusetts Public Records Law, the AP said.
Romney isn't the first politician to face security problems with a private email account. Just weeks before the 2008 presidential election, a Tennessee college student accessed the private emails of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The student, David Kernell, was convicted in April 2010 after Palin and her daughter Bristol testified about harassment and disruption they suffered. Kernell had correctly guessed answers to security questions guarding Palin's account, giving him access.
Romney's private Hotmail account was accepting email as recently as March 2012. As of Tuesday evening, the address was returning emails to the AP as undeliverable, citing an "unknown address."
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/did-someone-hack-mitt-romneys-hotmail-account-815270#
From Drudge:
Romney campaign says Republican’s private email possibly hacked, authorities investigating
By Associated Press, Tuesday, June 5, 3:54 PM
WASHINGTON — Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney’s private email account was hacked.
On Tuesday, the website Gawker reported that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney’s personal Hotmail account.
Gawker reported that the hacker guessed the answer to a security question about Romney’s favorite pet in order to gain access to the account and change the password. The anonymous hacker told the website that Romney’s account on DropBox, a file sharing service, also was compromised.
Romney’s campaign said that “proper authorities are investigating this crime”
Campaign spokeswoman Gail Gitcho refused to comment further and would not say who was investigating. She also would not say whether Romney still uses the Hotmail account. The account was accepting email as recently as March 2012.
An anonymous tipster claims to have hacked into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's private email account.
The tipster told Gawker Tuesday that by guessing the answer to a security question — What is your favorite pet? — he was able to gain access to mittromney@hotmail.com, the account Romney used to communicate with his staff as recently as 2006.
In an email to Gawker, the tipster said he learned of Romney's Hotmail address through a batch of old emails released Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal. In his tip, he included the answer to the security question, and the new password he allegedly set up for the email account as well as Romney's Dropbox account. (Gawker blacked out both the answer to the security question and the new password.)
SecurityNewsDaily sent an email to the alleged hijacked account. It was not immediately returned.
Romney's campaign communications director, Gail Gitcho, said in a statement Tuesday evening that the "proper authorities are investigating this crime and we will have no further comment on it."
Also, the Associated Press reported, Gitcho would not say whether Romney still uses the Hotmail account. The address became public because Romney used it to conduct state business when he served as governor of Massachusetts, and some of his private emails were obtained under the Massachusetts Public Records Law, the AP said.
Romney isn't the first politician to face security problems with a private email account. Just weeks before the 2008 presidential election, a Tennessee college student accessed the private emails of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The student, David Kernell, was convicted in April 2010 after Palin and her daughter Bristol testified about harassment and disruption they suffered. Kernell had correctly guessed answers to security questions guarding Palin's account, giving him access.
Romney's private Hotmail account was accepting email as recently as March 2012. As of Tuesday evening, the address was returning emails to the AP as undeliverable, citing an "unknown address."
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/did-someone-hack-mitt-romneys-hotmail-account-815270#
From Drudge:
Romney campaign says Republican’s private email possibly hacked, authorities investigating
By Associated Press, Tuesday, June 5, 3:54 PM
WASHINGTON — Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney’s private email account was hacked.
On Tuesday, the website Gawker reported that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney’s personal Hotmail account.
Gawker reported that the hacker guessed the answer to a security question about Romney’s favorite pet in order to gain access to the account and change the password. The anonymous hacker told the website that Romney’s account on DropBox, a file sharing service, also was compromised.
Romney’s campaign said that “proper authorities are investigating this crime”
Campaign spokeswoman Gail Gitcho refused to comment further and would not say who was investigating. She also would not say whether Romney still uses the Hotmail account. The account was accepting email as recently as March 2012.