Rookie move: Russians hacked Podesta’s email when he fell for a phishing scam

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

It seems too incredible to be true, but one of the most politically well-connected men on the planet apparently had his email hacked when he responded to a phishing email and entered his credentials. According to Politico, a security firm hired to assess the breach into Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s email has confirmed the assessment of numerous intelligence agencies that Russian hackers were responsible for the breach.

 

However, what had not previously been disclosed is that hackers gained access to his email by successfully getting him to respond to a phishing scam:

Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account was hacked by the same Russian intelligence-linked hackers that breached the DNC and the DCCC, researchers confirmed Thursday.

 

Podesta unwittingly gave hackers access to his account by clicking a Bitly link that redirected him to a fake Google login page, where he entered his credentials.

 

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Gone phishing.