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Emails show how Clinton campaign chair was apparently hacked
Associated Press ^
| Oct 28,2016
| TAMI ABDOLLAH and MICHAEL BIESECKER
Posted on 10/28/2016 6:09:08 PM PDT by mdittmar
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New evidence appears to show how hackers earlier this year stole more than 50,000 emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, an audacious electronic attack blamed on Russia's government and one that has resulted in embarrassing political disclosures about Democrats in the final weeks before the U.S. presidential election.
The hackers sent John Podesta an official-looking email on Saturday, March 19, that appeared to come from Google. It warned that someone in Ukraine had obtained Podesta's personal Gmail password and tried unsuccessfully to log in, and it directed him to a website where he should "change your password immediately."
Podesta's chief of staff, Sara Latham, forwarded the email to the operations help desk of Clinton's campaign, where staffer Charles Delavan in Brooklyn, New York, wrote back 25 minutes later, "This is a legitimate email. John needs to change his password immediately."
But the email was not authentic.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; clinton; email; emails; hacked; hackers; hacking; hillary; hillaryclinton; johnpodesta; password; phishing; podesta
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How old are the kids running hillarys campaingn?
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:09:08 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
It warned that someone in Ukraine had obtained Podesta's personal Gmail passwordIt's those crazy Ukrainians at it again. Probably Peggy Guy.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:11:45 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(#CrookedHillary)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:12:36 PM PDT
by
prov1813man
(While the one you despise and ridicule works to protect you, those you embrace work to destroy you)
To: mdittmar
If he fell for that I bet he is still waiting for his millions to get to his bank from that Nigerian Prince.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:13:24 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(The Obama administration the most unlawful, corrupt administration in US history.)
To: mdittmar
Fishing? I am too busy working for the American people to go fishing.
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:14:03 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: mdittmar
Podesta's chief of staff, Sara Latham, forwarded the email to the operations help desk of Clinton's campaign, where staffer Charles Delavan in Brooklyn, New York, wrote back 25 minutes later, "This is a legitimate email. John needs to change his password immediately." HAHAHA! Idiot.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:14:48 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: mdittmar
“blamed on Russia’s government” by who?
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:15:03 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: AndyJackson
Did Podesta also send his SSN to the Indian accented IRS agent who called ?
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:16:02 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: BenLurkin
That gets me too. Chris Wallace should’ve fact-checked Hillary on that at the debate.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:17:01 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: mdittmar
Top. Men.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:17:17 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: rocksblues
And these government “experts” are in charge of our national security. Yet even the almost the dumbest computer users know not to fall for these phishing scams and fake password reset emails....
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:17:51 PM PDT
by
W.
To: mdittmar
I have a TON of PENIS PILLS to sell to Podesta...!
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:19:14 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: mdittmar
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:20:06 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: jsanders2001
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:20:25 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(The Obama administration the most unlawful, corrupt administration in US history.)
To: mdittmar
Is this a legit AP story?? If legit the "crack" team of oh so smart government employees got took by the oldest fishing scam in the book. Wow. I worked support for a lot of years and there is NO way that I would deem an email asking me to change my password AND providing a link as legit. As a routine practice I would say that nothing is legit and tell them that if they're worried I would walk them through changing their password.
Wow...Trump is right. Government incompetence can't be overstated.
To: gaijin
I have a TON of PENIS PILLS to sell to Podesta...! Wrong guy.
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:21:24 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: mdittmar
Everything information security-related dealing with the Dems and Hillary show them to be even more stupid than “rank amateur.”
I can't believe an IT guy said the phishing email was “legit,” unless he was in on it.
Regardless, I'm happy for the outcome. Thanks IT Guy!
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posted on
10/28/2016 6:21:59 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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