Tuesday, March 10, 2009

More Charges for David Kernell

Remember David Kernell?

He's the punk who allegedly hacked into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A University of Tennessee student charged with hacking into the personal e-mail account of Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and former Republican vice presidential nominee, pleaded not guilty Monday to three more charges in the case.

A magistrate agreed to push back the trial of David Kernell, the son of a Democratic Tennessee legislator, from May to October.

...The added counts are fraud, unlawful electronic transmission of material outside Tennessee and attempts to conceal records to impede an FBI investigation.

Both the original and the superseding indictments said Kernell tapped into the Alaska governor's widely publicized Yahoo e-mail account, reset the password and was able to read the contents, make screenshots and post his exploits on the Web using the nickname "rubico." The indictment said at least one other person followed a similar path into Palin's account.

What was cyber-thug Kernell thinking last September when he hacked into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account and then bragged about his exploits online?

He should have known that he couldn't get away with that. He had to know that he left a slimy cyber-trail.

Kernell really screwed up his life.

Not too bright.

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