In another attempt to disgrace, violate and humiliate vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, hackers have reportedly tapped into her private Yahoo e-mail account and posted some of its contents on the Internet.

A shadowy Internet loosely formed federation of cyber attackers called Anonymous took credit for the intrusion, reports Wired, and screenshots of e-mail messages and photos belonging to the Alaska governor have been published by WikiLeaks. Authorities have confirmed the authenticity of at least one of the e-mails.

Five screenshots from Palin’s e-mail account, including the text of an e-mail exchange, were reportedly posted on the Web site, http://wikileaks.org/wiki/VP_contender_Sarah_Palin_hacked. One reportedly showed the text of an e-mail from Amy McCorkell, whom Palin appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in 2007. The e-mail, a message of support to Palin, tells her not to let negative press get to her and asks Palin to pray for McCorkell, who writes that "I need strength to 1. keep employment, 2. not have to choose."

FBI spokesman Brian Hale told Wired, "The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident involving Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and is coordinating with the United States Secret Service on the matter."

Recently, a fraudulent image of Sarah Palin wearing an American flag bikini and holding a rifle was being posted on thousands of blogs and message boards worldwide and being called an actual photograph.