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Remember this story? Sarah Palin’s email was hacked last month and screenshots of her emails were spread via 4chan, an internet message board. Several websites were more than happy to inhale the haterade and posted the images on their sites including Gawker and Wikileak. While these people were having a laugh at the expense of a public figures privacy the details of who was responsible for the illegal activity was quickly being uncovered. It looks like the wannabe hacker is going to get what he deserves which will hopefully be some jail time.

A Democratic state representative’s son has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tennessee for intentionally hacking into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account.

David C. Kernell, 20, was charged with one count of breaking into the Republican vice presidential nominee’s personal Yahoo e-mail account. Kernell, an economics student at the University of Tennessee, is the son of state Rep. Michael Kernell of Memphis.

According to the Justice Department, Kernell turned himself in to authorities.

He plead not guilty in federal court in Knoxville, Tenn., on Wednesday.

He was released without posting bond, but the court imposed several conditions. Kernell is not allowed to own a computer and can only use the Internet to check e-mail and do class work.

It’s no surprise that he is a child of a Democratic state representative. He even admitted that the reason he hacked into her email was to find incrimination evidence but admitted he found “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”

Not only did he hack into her email he then passed her password information along to the users of 4chan. A long with the personal pictures and emails he listed her contacts. A clear disregard for someone’s private information. I just hope this kid likes it when his life is torn apart. You can’t go around breaking the law just because you feel untouchable online. He thought he was slick by hiding being a proxy but obviously forgot to hide his identity.

Click here to see the indictment (pdf).

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