13-12-2016 21:40 via theverge.com

Podesta’s email hack hinged on a very unfortunate typo

An extensive New York Times report on this summer’s catastrophic email hack of the Democratic National Committee has turned up a very embarrassing detail about how the attack took place. It was reported at the time that Clinton campaign manager John Podesta fell victim to a phishing scheme — specifically a fake “account reset” appearing to be from Google — but it now seems that a typo from one of Podesta’s aides may have played a crucial role in ensuring that
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