Not so much “hacking” as “phishing”.
“We have detected a problem with your account. Please log onto the account and follow the instructions on the screen.”
And by all odds, that is just what John Podesta did, thereby opening up a rich treasure trove of highly compromising e-mail exchanges. Only too late, after most of the stored content of the account had been extracted (not necessarily by any official or even government-based agency of the Russian Federation), this information was then fed back into Wikileaks, and the damage was done.
Not so much “hacking” as “phishing”.
“We have detected a problem with your account. Please log onto the account and follow the instructions on the screen.”
And by all odds, that is just what John Podesta did, thereby opening up a rich treasure trove of highly compromising e-mail exchanges.
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DING DING DING DING WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!
Podesta the Molesta fell for the oldest trick in the book.
I can’t tell you how many little old ladies do that kind of crap and then wonder why their computers “don’ work no more”.