>> reporter: remember in the midst of the 2008 presidential campaign, then 20-year-old david kernell hacked into palin's personal e-mail account. and palin testified that the e-mail snoop's actions caused a huge disruption to the campaign as well as her personal life. palin used her yahoo account to share photos and stay in touch with her 16 week old son and caregivers. she was flying around the country campaigning with john mccain. palin said that if the intention was to disrupt, it was successful the reason, once her e-mail was hacked, her personal information and that of her family's ended up all over the internet. >> access and communication is extremely important when you are thousands of miles away from your children. you are not there to protect them and receiving threatening calls and messages. >> reporter: on friday, david kernell was found guilty on two counts. unauthorized access to a protected computer which carries