Web proxy firm working with FBI to trace Palin e-mail hacker

Web proxy firm working with FBI to trace Palin e-mail hacker

The Webmaster of a proxy service called Ctunnel.com, which may have been used by a hacker to illegally access the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is working with law enforcement authorities to track down the person behind the break-in.

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Ramuglia said in an interview that he was contacted by FBI officials last night and asked to retain computer logs of the last few days' activity on his service and make sure nothing is deleted. Ramuglia, who normally stores only a week's worth of log data, said he would not have deleted anything anyway because of the illegal nature of what had happened.

Ramuglia is now in the process of importing more than 80GB worth of log data into a database for analysis. He said he's reasonably confident he can help authorities sift through the logs and trace access back to the originating IP address -- especially because the self-professed hacker has admitted using just one proxy service to access Palin's account.

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Right or wrong people use his service precisely because they want to avoid detection. if he is willing to give them up anytime the cops come knocking his service is useless.

I mean, I've never had the FBI at my door or anything, so I don't know what kind of pressure he's facing. But you're right, not a lot of folks are going to sign up.

By the way, do we have a line on who politicized the hiring of U.S. Attorneys? Anyone doing time for torture, false imprisonment or murder of detainees at Guantanamo?

Priorities, people.