California: Hacking of Governor's Computer Suspected

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The San Francisco Chronicle.

[snip]

California Highway Patrol officials have opened a criminal
investigation into "multiple" breaches and illegal downloads by outside
hackers into the computers of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office,
after an embarrassing private taped conversation was leaked last week
to the Los Angeles Times, administration officials told The Chronicle.

"There is an investigation conducted by the California Highway Patrol
on how the tape obtained by the L.A. Times was acquired," said a senior
official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "This is a criminal
matter that has been turned over to the CHP."

The governor was criticized last week after the Times reported that
during a conversation in March with Susan Kennedy, his chief of staff,
and Gary Delsohn, his speechwriter, Schwarzenegger referred to Latinos
and African Americans -- specifically Republican Assemblywoman Bonnie
Garcia, who is of Puerto Rican descent -- as having "hot" blood or a
passionate temperament.

The Times reported that the conversation had been taped as part of
Delsohn's occasional practice to capture the governor's speech patterns
for his work.

[snip]

More:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/11/MNG8KL3A051.DTL

- ferg


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