<s>
The	O
Sarah	B-Algorithm
Palin	I-Algorithm
email	I-Algorithm
hack	I-Algorithm
occurred	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
2008	O
United	O
States	O
presidential	O
election	O
campaign	O
when	O
vice	O
presidential	O
candidate	O
Sarah	O
Palin	O
's	O
personal	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
hacker	O
,	O
David	B-Algorithm
Kernell	I-Algorithm
,	O
obtained	O
access	O
to	O
Palin	O
's	O
account	O
by	O
looking	O
up	O
biographical	O
details	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
her	O
high	O
school	O
and	O
birthdate	O
,	O
and	O
using	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
her	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
,	O
Sarah	O
Palin	O
stated	O
that	O
she	O
and	O
her	O
family	O
were	O
thankful	O
the	O
jury	O
had	O
rendered	O
a	O
just	O
verdict	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
midnight	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
private	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Rubico	O
wrote	O
that	O
he	O
used	O
the	O
Sarah	O
Palin	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
to	O
find	O
Palin	O
's	O
birth	O
date	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
security	O
questions	O
used	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hacker	O
posted	O
the	O
account	O
's	O
password	O
on	O
/b/	O
,	O
an	O
image	O
board	O
on	O
4chan	O
,	O
and	O
screenshots	B-Application
from	O
within	O
the	O
account	O
to	O
WikiLeaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
/b/	O
user	O
then	O
logged	O
in	O
and	O
changed	O
the	O
password	O
,	O
posting	O
a	O
screenshot	B-Application
of	O
his	O
sending	O
an	O
email	O
to	O
a	O
friend	O
of	O
Palin	O
's	O
informing	O
her	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
password	O
on	O
the	O
/b/	O
thread	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
blank	O
out	O
the	O
password	O
in	O
the	O
screenshot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
multitude	O
of	O
/b/	O
users	O
then	O
attempted	O
to	O
log	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
password	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
account	O
was	O
automatically	O
locked	O
out	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hacker	O
admitted	O
he	O
was	O
worried	O
about	O
being	O
caught	O
,	O
writing	O
"	O
Yes	O
I	O
was	O
behind	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
,	O
only	O
one	O
,	O
if	O
this	O
sh*t	O
ever	O
got	O
to	O
the	O
FBI	O
I	O
was	O
f**ked	O
,	O
I	O
panicked	O
,	O
I	O
still	O
wanted	O
the	O
stuff	O
out	O
there	O
...	O
so	O
I	O
posted	O
the	O
 [ information ] 	O
...	O
and	O
then	O
promptly	O
deleted	O
everything	O
,	O
and	O
unplugged	O
my	O
internet	O
and	O
just	O
sat	O
there	O
in	O
a	O
comatose	O
state.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
IP	O
address	O
was	O
logged	O
at	O
the	O
proxy	B-Application
he	O
used	O
,	O
CTunnel.com,	O
and	O
he	O
also	O
left	O
his	O
email	O
address	O
rubico10@yahoo.com	O
when	O
he	O
posted	O
at	O
4chan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
attacker	O
revealed	O
the	O
original	O
web	O
address	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
proxy	B-Application
by	O
leaving	O
this	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
screenshot	B-Application
which	O
according	O
to	O
experts	O
can	O
also	O
help	O
the	O
investigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
email	O
address	O
left	O
behind	O
was	O
then	O
connected	O
to	O
David	B-Algorithm
Kernell	I-Algorithm
through	O
various	O
social	O
networking	O
profiles	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
,	O
though	O
no	O
official	O
investigation	O
took	O
place	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FBI	O
and	O
Secret	O
Service	O
began	O
investigating	O
the	O
incident	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
questioning	O
David	B-Algorithm
Kernell	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
20-year-old	O
economics	O
student	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Tennessee	O
and	O
the	O
son	O
of	O
Democratic	O
Tennessee	O
State	O
Representative	O
Mike	O
Kernell	O
from	O
Memphis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hacker	O
's	O
proxy	B-Application
service	O
provided	O
its	O
logs	O
,	O
which	O
pointed	O
to	O
Kernell	O
's	O
residence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FBI	O
agents	O
served	O
a	O
federal	O
search	O
warrant	O
at	O
David	B-Algorithm
Kernell	I-Algorithm
's	O
apartment	O
in	O
Knoxville	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kernell	O
's	O
attorney	O
claimed	O
that	O
using	O
"	O
an	O
e-mail	O
address	O
and	O
a	O
birth	O
date	O
does	O
not	O
constitute	O
identity	O
theft	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
court	O
rejected	O
that	O
argument	O
saying	O
"	O
once	O
Governor	O
Palin	O
chose	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
ID	O
gov.palin@yahoo.com	O
,	O
that	O
became	O
her	O
unique	O
address	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
one	O
else	O
could	O
choose	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
David	B-Algorithm
Kernell	I-Algorithm
was	O
found	O
guilty	O
on	O
two	O
of	O
four	O
counts	O
:	O
the	O
felony	O
of	O
anticipatory	O
obstruction	O
of	O
justice	O
by	O
destruction	O
of	O
records	O
and	O
found	O
for	O
the	O
lower	O
misdemeanor	O
option	O
of	O
unauthorized	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
