According to a Gawker report, the US Presidential nominee from the Republican Party, Mitt Romney’s e-mail account was hacked recently and it exposed a surprising lapse of security judgement on the part of the US Presidential nominee for using Hotmail as his personal e-mail.

Gawker said that given that Romney’s background has been in equity capital and allied financial markets—where he would have used highly secure email technology due to financial and regulatory requirements—the use of Hotmail is something of a jaw dropper.

Gawker added that the reality, however, is that a Hotmail account is never going to be secure enough for a high profile Presidential candidate or a member of his team, and is therefore unlikely to be his sole account. Even if this e-mail address did genuinely belong to Romney, it’s unlikely that his confidential campaign plans would be found on it.