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June 6, 2012 01:22 am GMT

Has Mitt Romneys Email Been Hacked? [UPDATED]

Mitt Romney may have had his personal Hotmail email and DropBox accounts hacked.An anonymous tipster reportedly gave Gawker the password to Romney's private Hotmail account, [email protected]. The hacker claims to have used brute force and guesswork to successfully answer a security question: "What is your favorite pet?"The hacker changed the password and gave it to Gawker, which is claiming not to have opened Romney's account. The hacker also said the same password works for Romney's DropBox account. The tipster didn't give the media outlet any screenshots or other methods of validating his or her claim beyond logging in to the accounts using the changed password. But he sent… Continue reading...

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