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December 13, 2016

Podesta's Emails Got Hacked Because His IT Guy Misspelled "Legitimate"

If he had used a simpler word -- "fake" -- Podesta's account may have remained secure.

From @nytimes account of Russian hacking US election. Un. Be. Lievable. pic.twitter.com/0zd2pDSTIl
— Alexi Mostrous (@AlexiMostrous) December 13, 2016

So, the IT guy recognized the fake-IP-address phishing address for what it was, and tried to write this is an illegitmate email. But he dropped the "il" and said it was a legitimate email.

But the IT guy did say "change your passwords," which should have prompted John Podesta to, get this, change his passwords, which I guess he ignored.

Those sneaky Russians, brainwashing Jon Podesta (who by the way represents, with his brother, one of Russia's largest state-controlled banks in the US) into ignoring the second sentence of short emails.

posted by Ace at 03:40 PM

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Lievable. pic.twitter.com/0zd2pDSTIl — Alexi Mostrous (@AlexiMostrous) December 13, 2016 So, the IT guy recognized the fake-IP-address phishing address for what it was, and tried to write this is an illegitmate email. But he dropped the "il" and said it was a legitimate email. But the IT guy did say "change your passwords," which should have prompted John Podesta to, get this, change his passwords, which I guess he ignored. 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