email hacking

Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, also known by his nickname “Guccifer,” pled guilty to charges of identity theft and unauthorized access to protected computers before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia.

The email habits of government officials has become a hot topic after revelations that Hillary Clinton used a private email address in violation of State Department guidelines, which may have unfairly shielded her emails as Secretary of State from public scrutiny.

An apparent attempt to embarrass the owner of an independent newspaper in Hong Kong by hacking his email has called attention to the attempts to drive independent media out of Hong Kong.