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Old 09-21-2008, 03:04 PM   #1
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:05 PM   #2
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Anchorage (Alaska) - FBI agents are using proxy server logs to track down the hacker who broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account. The hacker gained access to the Republican Vice Presidential candidate's account by resetting the password. He then posted details of his adventures up on a popular online forum, but that information is now leading reporters and federal investigators to the suspect - a Tennessee university college student and son of state democratic representative Mike Kernell.

A few days ago, someone going by the name of "Rubico" gloated on 4chan.org that he managed to hack into Sarah Palin's Yahoo account. He forced a password reset by answering questions about Palin's birthdate, zip code and where she met her spouse, Wasilla High School. Of course, by being the Republican candidate for Vice President, this information is all very easily found on the Internet. After answering the questions, Rubico reset the password to "popcorn" and read through Palin's emails.

And it seems he was pretty thorough, saying he read, "ALL OF THEM" on the boards. He even posted up screenshots of the Yahoo email page, complete with the full URL (we'll talk about that later). Rubico says he didn't find anything incriminating and the emails were actually fairly mundane family pictures and correspondence. But his jubilation turned into horror as he realized that he didn't take proper precautions in covering his tracks.

Rubico used a proxy server that shields the source IP address from website logging scripts. While this sounds great, Rubico posted, "Yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this sh** ever got to the FBI I was FU****"

In his gloating, Rubico posted up screenshots of the Yahoo account complete with the full URL which included the proxy server url (ctunnel.com) appended with a unique identifier. For example, we used ctunnel.com to surf to YouTube and the URL reads - http://ctunnel.com/index.php/1010110...ebe14f44221026. So it doesn't take a genius to go through the logs and match up the ID to the appropriate IP address and BAM, you got the hacker.

But aren't proxy servers supposed to anonymize your information? Yes and no. Dan Goodin over at The Register talked to Gabriel Ramuglia, the owner of the ctunnel.com proxy server that Rubico allegedly used. Ramuglia is upset about the ordeal because his service was never meant to be used for illegal activies and says Rubico definitely broke his site's terms of service. Ramuglia added that every incoming IP address is logged with the time and destination website.

Ramuglia told Goodin that he hasn't a chance yet to examine his logs, but added that there is a good chance that it will lead to the hacker. Since the interview, he's received a call from the Anchorage Alaska FBI field office and agents there are highly suggesting that he not lose the logs.

But it gets even better. White hat hackers didn't even need proxy information to find the culprit because they discovered that the Rubico forum handle was linked to [email protected] e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it A few searches on Google and YouTube further links this email address to 20-year-old David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His father is Democratic Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell.

As you can expect, the Yahoo account has been frozen and all the incriminating forum posts on 4chan.org have been deleted. But this didn't stop Wired.com from printing some of the posts. Don't you just love it when hackers brag about the "leet" skills?
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:06 PM   #3
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:09 PM   #4
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:23 PM   #5
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:27 PM   #6
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Anonymous isn't so anonymous when the FBI decides to get involved.

I wonder if they actually realize that.
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:30 PM   #7
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:31 PM   #8
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Someone's about to have a bad day.
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:32 PM   #9
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Anonymous isn't so anonymous when the FBI decides to get involved.

I wonder if they actually realize that.
Anonymous does not forgive. Anonymous does not forget.
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:40 PM   #11
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when you spy on the government it's a crime, when they spy on you, it's the patriot act.
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:47 PM   #12
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c'mon Q. Would you like yore personal info hacked illegally and then posted on the internet for the world to see?
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:54 PM   #13
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:55 PM   #14
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Anonymous does not forgive. Anonymous does not forget.
said anon "solider" needs to edumacate himself about Tor, pptp vpns in far off lands, botnets, socks servers, x25, ipv6 brokers, etc.
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Old 09-21-2008, 03:58 PM   #15
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When I was in 8th grade I probably would have done the same thing. I got in a bit of trouble back then for hacking our school server. I also hacked a girl's email at school and set it up with a service that made your email send out TONS of spam. Her parents got a lovely phone call from AOL and their internet got shut off. Good times.
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Old 09-21-2008, 04:03 PM   #16
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c'mon Q. Would you like yore personal info hacked illegally and then posted on the internet for the world to see?
Fail to see how its illegal, all the info is public. Her own damn fault for being so dumb.
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i love this quote from the hacker

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I read though the emails***8230; ALL OF THEM***8230; before I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor***8230;. And pictures of her family

I then started a topic on /b/, peeps asked for pics or gtfo and I obliged, then it started to get big

Earlier it was just some prank to me, I really wanted to get something incriminating which I was sure there would be, just like all of you anon out there that you think there was some missed opportunity of glory, well there WAS NOTHING, I read everything, every little blackberry confirmation***8230; all the pictures, and there was nothing, and it finally set in, THIS internet was serious business, yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this **** ever got to the FBI I was ****ed, I panicked, i still wanted the stuff out there but I didn't know how to rapid**** all that stuff, so I posted the pass on /b/, and then promptly deleted everything, and unplugged my internet and just sat there in a comatose state

Then the white knight ****er came along, and did it in for everyone, I trusted /b/ with that email password, I had gotten done what I could do well, then passed the torch , all to be let down by the douchebaggery, good job /b/, this is why we cant have nice things.
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c'mon Q. Would you like yore personal info hacked illegally and then posted on the internet for the world to see?
absolutely not. however i am not a public servant.


the government spies on everything we say, type, text....

its completely one sided don't you think?


this is how we equal the playing field against the government
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Fail to see how its illegal, all the info is public. Her own damn fault for being so dumb.
here let me help you out

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2701.html
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absolutely not. however i am not a public servant.


the government spies on everything we say, type, text....

its completely one sided don't you think?


this is how we equal the playing field against the government
this may come as a suprise, but us common folk dont have the same privilege or responsibility as those above us.

its like saying we can make and execute a search warrant on a cops house just to "even the playing field"

q i like you, but what you're saying is very dumb
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yeah and guess what:


the government breaks that law every day to spy on American citizens. the way i see it, this situation is a perfect example of the evolution of the second amendment.


besides, ifs shes not a criminal, shes got nothing to worry about right?
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this may come as a suprise, but us common folk dont have the same privilege or responsibility as those above us.

its like saying we can make and execute a search warrant on a cops house just to "even the playing field"

q i like you, but what you're saying is very dumb


you are wrong.( trust me, I meant that in the nicest way )

your mind is conditioned to believe that government employees have this right to step on the rights of any individual American citizen, they do not have that right....

First we have to remember, that it's not a right, it's a privilege extended to them by WE THE PEOPLE, and completely revocable at any time, as guaranteed by the declaration of independence.
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Bravo, Q.
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you are wrong.( trust me, I meant that in the nicest way )

your mind is conditioned to believe that government employees have this right to step on the rights of any individual American citizen, they do not have that right....

First we have to remember, that it's not a right, it's a privilege extended to them by WE THE PEOPLE, and completely revocable at any time, as guaranteed by the declaration of independence.
im not aware that she has anything to worry about - thats not the point.

um....we elect government officials, they make laws, we obey the laws. if we dont like them we elect other officials to change them or run for office ourselves.

sorry i dont have time to discuss this with you further but you are obviously confused about how this country operates.

oh and we the people = the populous, not your single opinion or interpretation no matter how romantic you may think it is, you big bad crusader against the govmnt
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besides, ifs shes not a criminal, shes got nothing to worry about right?

if the average american is not a criminal, then they have nothing to worry about if the government spies on them...Right?
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