Son of TN Democrat lawmaker arrested in Palin email hacking

A Tennessee Democrat lawmaker's son has been indicted for hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin's email. Breitbart.com reported:

The son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hacking the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn. entered the plea in federal court in Knoxville, the same day prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging him with intentionally accessing Palin's e-mail account without authorization.

Kernell, an economics student at the University of Tennessee, was brought into court wearing handcuffs and shackles on his ankles.

It is reported that his father "is longtime state Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis, chairman of Tennessee's House Government Operations Committee."

The charges against David Kernell were listed:

The indictment alleges that on Sept. 16 Kernell reset the password to Palin's personal e-mail account to gain access to it. Authorities say Kernell then read the contents of the account and made screenshots of the e-mail directory, e-mail content and other personal information, later posting some of the information to a public Web site.

Email theft results in conviction

Email theft? In North Carolina a woman has pleaded guity to stealing email from a former employer.

According to the Kannapolis Citizen:

Teresa Gamble Treadaway, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greensboro to one count each of wire fraud, computer fraud and unlawful access to stored communication for commercial advantage.

Treadaway faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, and a federal judge can order her to make restitution to her former company ECOFLO.

After being fired, this woman continued to intercept emails to her old company even after she was hired by a competitor. Check out the rest of the article here.