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A Clinton Campaign Aide’s Typo Allowed Hackers To Access John Podesta’s Email Account
The Daily Caller ^ | December 13, 2016 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 12/13/2016 7:12:10 PM PST by bobsunshine

A Clinton campaign aide says that a typo in a March 19 email sent to John Podesta is to blame for opening the campaign chairman’s Gmail account up to Russian cyber hackers.

The IT aide, Charles Delavan, tells The New York Times that his error — typing the word “legitimate” instead of “illegitimate” to describe a hacker’s email — continues to haunt him.

“This is a legitimate email,” Delavan wrote to Clinton campaign aide Sara Latham after she forwarded him an spear phishing email designed to look like official correspondence from Google.

“John needs to change his password immediately,” Delavan added, while also providing a link to a Google page that would have allowed Podesta to safely change his email password.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: account; aide; campaign; charlesdelavan; clinton; delavan; email; emails; gmail; google; hacked; hackers; hacking; hillary; hillaryclinton; illegitimate; johnpodesta; legitimate; password; phishing; phishingemail; podesta; podestaemails
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The real reason - not Russians but stupid people
1 posted on 12/13/2016 7:12:10 PM PST by bobsunshine
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To: bobsunshine

This is the kind of carelessness that can cause wars. We got lucky.


2 posted on 12/13/2016 7:14:22 PM PST by Vic S ( David Rockefeller killed Larry McDonald (Congressman, President of the Birch Society - KAL 007))
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To: bobsunshine

But what a Clinton aide says is false more than half the time.


3 posted on 12/13/2016 7:19:10 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Vic S

The IT ace probably thought spell-check would preclude any need to proof read the email before it was sent.

EODGUY


4 posted on 12/13/2016 7:20:11 PM PST by EODGUY
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To: bobsunshine

No, they don’t back off.

This is laid out as if it’s how Russia got access.

More fake news...


5 posted on 12/13/2016 7:20:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: bobsunshine

With “auto complete”,I can believe it.


6 posted on 12/13/2016 7:20:43 PM PST by SanchoP
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To: bobsunshine

Fake news seem to be taking over. Podesta had a gmail account that anybody could have hacked. You can find plenty of hackers in internet forums willing to hack gmail accounts for a little bit of money.

The whole bs about Russians used to be funny but now is just annoying. The only evidence these morons have is a Washington Post article with anonymous sources.


7 posted on 12/13/2016 7:21:02 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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This is the man who handed us the election.
8 posted on 12/13/2016 7:22:08 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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What a hero... falling on his sword... throwing himself under the bus. Providing a backstory to involve those evil Russians. I am so impressed.


9 posted on 12/13/2016 7:23:44 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: bobsunshine

bookmark


10 posted on 12/13/2016 7:23:52 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: bobsunshine

Yup, it’s possible, it’s credible, I’m thinking, yes, yes... starting to almost believe.....

NAH!

It’s crap.


11 posted on 12/13/2016 7:27:07 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Vic S

Yep.


12 posted on 12/13/2016 7:27:50 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: bobsunshine

More smoking BS


13 posted on 12/13/2016 7:30:19 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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The unsubstantiated Russian premise continues....


14 posted on 12/13/2016 7:31:07 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Look for a case of Arkincide in the future.


15 posted on 12/13/2016 7:31:22 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Thanks Delavan! Here in WI we have a city named after you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delavan,_Wisconsin

16 posted on 12/13/2016 7:33:08 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy is the backup QB to a dictatorship)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

LMAO!


17 posted on 12/13/2016 7:33:19 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Wow. Nice pink lipstick you got there.


18 posted on 12/13/2016 7:33:23 PM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: bobsunshine

Notice how the writer sneaked in “Russian hackers...” As if it was a fact, a given. The insidiousness of these creeps is just beyond the pale. I watch for their little sneaky moves constantly and I’m pretty I miss a bunch. The low-information crowd just falls for it. Like a header. Into a cow-pie.


19 posted on 12/13/2016 7:33:52 PM PST by TrueFact (Les Deplorables - a movement and a revolution)
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To: bobsunshine

Charles, it’s not too late to kill yourself!


20 posted on 12/13/2016 7:37:11 PM PST by Professional
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