we are legion. expect us.
I'm feelin' this song like craaaaazy.
Take a picture of yourself right now. Don't change your clothes,
don't fix your hair...just take a picture. Post that picture
with NO editing. Post these instructions with your picture.
Okay, okay, I must admit... I edited that picture; but, I did so 'cause if I hadn't it would've, like, been the size of your entire screen (or larger) instead of the nice 500x333 pixels it currently is. Also, that's not from "right now." It's a few hours old. I took that and promptly fell asleep... which also feel like doing now.
A hacker claiming affiliation with the group Anonymous has broken into GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, subsequently posting the account password to an online chat forum. Information from the hacked account, including screenshots of several individual e-mails, a pair of family photographs, Palin's contact list, and header information from her inbox, were posted on the site Wikileaks earlier Wednesday.
The break-in comes amid controversy over the Alaska governor's use of the Yahoo e-mail account for state business. Internal documents obtained by reporters allegedly show Palin staffers discussing the possibility of using unofficial channels, such as personal e-mail accounts, as a means of evading subpoenas and requests under the state's open records law targeting her official account.
Though criticism of Palin's use of the Yahoo account had largely focused on worries about transparency, Donald Mitchell, the attorney for an Alaska citizen-watchdog who had been seeking disclosure of the governor's e-mail records, also broached security concerns. "There's a reason the governor should be using her own official e-mail channels, because of security and encryption," Mitchell told The Washington Post, "She's running state business out of Yahoo?"
-Hack of Palin e-mail makes case for sticking with .gov account
Hehehehehe.... excuse me.... Hahahahahaha!
Anonymous: Fuck Yeah!
This was probably the best news I could've read this morning. As someone who once considered himself one of "the legion," I must say I'm so proud of where Anon seems to be headed. Screw the religious zealots. Screw the sycophantic politicians.The hacker who broke into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Mail account appears to have done so by requesting a password reset and answering the challenge questions with the help of Google and Wikipedia.
According to a purported first-person account of the hack posted on 4chan.org, an online forum, "Rubico," the person claiming responsibility, initiated a password change on Palin's account and then supplied the Alaska governor's birthday and her home ZIP code, with the help of "Wikipedia and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to find the info."
That left the so-called security question: "Where did you meet your spouse?"
After further Internet searching, "Rubico" entered "Wasilla High" and was allowed to change the account's password.
-Palin E-Mail Hacker Claims Google Search Helped Find Password
My stomach aches from the laughing.
I need a nap.