<p>Something does not make sense. Gmail redirects to an https URL (i.e. encrypted), so cracking your password by sniffing over the wireless involves some difficulty. If there was any cracking involved at all, the most likely route is through cracking your computer, followed by guessing or dictionary-attacking your weak password.</p>
<p>If this really is true, the life lesson to learn is that whistle blowing is quite risky if you are not in a position of power relative to the corruption. What one person may see as corruption may not actually be corruption; false whistle blowing causes a lot of trouble for nothing. But when there is true corruption, the usual reaction by the corrupt is to accuse the whistle blower of false whistle blowing, so that it becomes basically a political power struggle.</p>