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Jul 26, 2019 50 min

The Report Part II: Hack. Dump. Divide.

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It's March 2016. John Podesta is sitting at his computer. He opens an email. Something’s wrong with his password, it says. It looks a little fishy, but IT says it is legit. And so he clicks. He follows the prompt. inputs his old password, resets a new one. And just like that hackers from a Russian military intelligence unit are in. It barely takes a minute, one click and a few keystrokes and there is no going back. This is Episode 2 of The Report: Hack. Dump. Divide

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