Hacking? Sounds more like Podesta was phished, ie, punked through sheer stupidity. And his emails ended up in “Russian-linked” hands whatever that means. Someone who “shares Russian interests?”
That’s where all the “Russian hacking” B/S started. No evidence whatsoever. Hillary had Russia on her brain because of her own dirty dealings with them. She probably figured they were double-crossing her.
There are previous press accounts of the Podesta email phishing scam. It was was a phishing attack. There was confusion between Podesta, his aid, and IT guru. If I remember correctly the IT guru fell on his sword for causing the confusion. The aid is the one that clinked on the link and changed passwords according to those articles.