The Ultimate Business Blog » News http://www.convr2009.com Get global business and technology news afresh Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:26:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The Paulin Hacker http://www.convr2009.com/2010/news/the-paulin-hacker/ http://www.convr2009.com/2010/news/the-paulin-hacker/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 00:59:39 +0000 admin http://www.convr2009.com/?p=165 A jury in Tennessee has convicted a former student of hacking the e-mail account of Sarah Palin.

David Kernell, 22, was found guilty of obstructing justice and unauthorised access to a computer.

The son of a Democratic lawmaker, he faces up to 20 years in prison for the first charge and one year for the charge of hacking.

He broke into Mrs Palin’s e-mail account during her 2008 Republican campaign for the US vice-presidency.

Kernell was cleared of a charge of wire fraud.

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