A Democratic Tennessee state legislator has confirmed that his son, a 20-year-old student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, is the man being named on blogs and message boards in connection with the hacking of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s e-mail account, a Nashville newspaper reported late yesterday.

The computer World magazine reports that, “State Rep. Mike Kernell told the Tennessean that his son, David Kernell, is at the center of speculation about the identity of the hacker who gains access to Palin’s account. Kernell, a Democrat, represents District 93, which encompasses the University of Memphis and other parts of southeast Memphis. He declined additional comment to the Tennessean.

On Wednesday, a person identified only as “rubico” posted a message to 4chan.org’s popular bulletin board claiming to have gained access to Palin’s email by using Yahoo’s password reset feature. Even though the post was deleted from 4chan.org, a copy was sent to conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin, who posted it on her blog Wednesday.

Some investigators linked the rubico handle on 4chan.org to the e-mail address This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it that was in turn linked to David Kernell through internet searches, which uncovered connections between him, the username and the e-mail address and such sites as YouTube. Meanwhile, Kernell’s YouTube page has since been closed. Earlier today, Yahoo closed down the This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it address because of security concerns.

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