Wired Magazine reports that vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents were posted on the Internet.

A group of hackers, known as Anonymous, took credit for the intrusion, and published screenshots of e-mail messages and photos belonging to Palin on WikiLeaks.

“This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and a violation of law,” Rick Davis, McCain-Palin campaign manager said in a statement. “The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them. We will have no further comment.”

FBI spokesman Brian Hale said, “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.”

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