September 18, 2008

Palin's Yahoo Email Breached

Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo personal e-mail account, also reported to have been used for official business by the Alaskan governor, was breached. The data thieves accessed the account and made public some e-mail communications. This high profile invasion of privacy reveals the complexity of modern communications when employees do not separate professional and private digital communications. The security of digital communications is a key challenge for privacy protection. Intervention on the part of Federal regulators is necessary to protect consumers. Privacy protection requires that those who collect personal information must protect it.

Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account -- Update, Wired News September 17, 2008