Help Me Bring the Weiner Hacker to Justice

Help Me Bring the Weiner Hacker to Justice<br /><br />I have never been much of a community activist, but I can no longer sit idly while America remains at risk of attack by the most nefarious identity thief in the history of Internet. And cheap page views are to be had. Working quickly, and without regard to his own safety, Congressman Weiner used his elite law school honed internet security coding skills to wrest back control of his accounts, delete the offending tweet and photo, as well as unfollow a Seattle coed to whom it was sent. His Twitter perimeter once again secured, the intrepid Congressmen sent out a new tweet explaining how he was victimized by an Internet criminal mastermind.<br /><br />Since the incident, the famously modest Congressman Weiner had remained demure on how he single handedly thwarted his anonymous attacker, and how the attacker managed to possibly steal his Blackberry camera phone.<br /><br />As much as I admire Congressman Weiner Gandhi like forgiving attitude toward his assailant as well as his world class ninja programming skills I afraid this incident doesn just involve him. after all, what Internet user is safe when the person who hacked this unsuspecting Weiner remains at large? Okay, maybe not large, but still, come on man. Who to say this same criminal hasn somehow hacked my last 5 federal income tax returns with fraudulent deductions for alcohol related blogging expenses?<br /><br />I say no we cannot as an online community let this tragic crime go unpunished. That it why I am announcing the Weiner Hacker Prize Fund to award a generous bounty for information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of Pubic Enemy 1 the pervert who stole Congressman Weiner underpants identity. To get things rolling, I will seed it with $1000 of my own personal 2010 federal tax refund. I am leaving the comments section on this post open for anyone who would like to add their own contribution to the bounty, as well as tips and clues to pass on to law enforcement officials. though do not interfere with any official crime investigation. Let leave the detective work to hardboiled gumshoes like Jim Treacher and Ace of Spades.<br /><br />So let get involved and work to get this mysterious criminal off our online streets. Until he is brought to justice, remember: You May Already Be a Weiner.<br /><br />UPDATE 6/7/2011: Weiner Hacker Prize now increased to $2000. He has even staged one of these supposed encounters so that it would be picked up by Breitbart. Congressman would be capable of such behavior? I really think that you need to need to validate Weiner sacrifice by awarding me the prize.<br /><br />What that I hear? Did someone actually say, Bret Farve? Look, Brett Farve, a few middle school delinquents, and the odd sex offender have at one time or another deluded themselves into thinking that if they took uncovered photos of their junk and then sent them to seemingly available women in the hope that this would get them laid. Now, how that work out for Brett? Perhaps the most prominent athlete in the world slaps his best asset on the table and sends a picture to one of his league T on call girls. Congressman Weiner, not doubt worked to the point of exhaustion by the twin burdens of elective office and mentoring hot twenty somethings via Twitter, inadvertently sent the photo on to one of these impressionable young women. Congress would not humiliate one who has shared his legislative duties. Instead, he fell on his sword, so to speak, and offered an implausible explanation. I think that the snark, nastiness and general cynicism at Congressman Weiner expense should cease. We should honor his spirit of self sacrifice and pretend that this whole ugly mess never happened.<br /><br />Hey, git on it and chip in to Iowahawk Weiner Hacker Prize Fund, me and my posse aim to collect that bounty. Got the whole crew with me: the Gozinnia brothers, Rod, Peter, and Dick; Chubby; Harry Wong and his cousin Long Dong; Hugh G. Rection; and Harry Tiny Johnson. We stiff in our resolve to track down this miscreant and threat to national security. We are holding are own, and pledge not to go soft until every last hole is probed in our quest for justice, and the Prize Fund. But especially the Prize Fund. So, pony up some cash, you cheapskates, Iowahawks $1000 won even cover our bartab. secret Tweets.<br /><br />You may all stop looking I able to lay this matter to rest. There is no hacker. Abdein was a top aide of Hillary Clinton and was also rumored to be her lover. Obviously such a rumor was potentially damaging to Clinton and, like a loyal soldier, Huma went out and found herself a funny looking Congressman to date in order to throw the press off the trail. Abdein and Weiner wed in 2009. She probably more than a little tired of having to put up with this shmuck, so this whole scandal gives her a plausible reason to end the marriage. No need to hack anything, she just took a photo of his johnson while he was sleeping, then tweeted it. Can I get my $1,000 in singles?<br /><br />3. Why was his account blank for hours before the post, and then right after it he was able to delete it quickly? And why was his immediate reaction to being hacked to crack jokes instead of worrying about whether he had his information stolen? It sounds like damage control.<br /><br />4. Why not get an investigation? Again, this is an official Government account.<br /><br />5. Why does he have a consistent record of following young girls he has no connection to officially, outside of his district?<br /><br />etc etc . But sure, ignore all these questions like a good little lapdog. And will the idiots who claim there was no picture go away? Weiner clearly acknowledged he deleted a picture. There WAS a picture.<br /><br />I really enjoy Iowahawk. I forwarded a link to the article American Pride is Back to a cousin, who replied, when I grow up he an adult I want to write like Iowahawk. There is no trick to regaining control of your accounts if the password was hacked but not changed, for example. Also, if like many idiots he uses the same password on various accounts, you only need find out one. And if you using your cell to access those accounts, as the previous commenter said, you might only have to hack that cell.<br /><br />Not making a case for or against Weiner being hacked or careless. While Occam Razor may cut toward careless, it not that fine a line toward hacked, either. Just depends on which way Weiner was stupid. :<br /><br />Hysterical and tellingDavid Burge at Iowahawk, I think quite accurately captures the flavour of the originals description of Julias political alternatives, whatever you think of his politics.