NYT: John Podesta Sparked Email Controversy By Responding To Spam - MILO

According to a report from The New York Times, hackers gained access to John Podesta’s email inbox after the man himself – or one of his aides – simply gave them the password by replying to a spam message.

The report states that one of Podesta’s aides, suspicious about the phishing email, forwarded it to Clinton campaign aide Charles Delavan, who replied not long after.

According to Delavan, what he meant to say was “this is an illegitimate email.” Here’s what he actually wound up sending.

Oops. (Image: New York Times)

As The New York Times puts it, “with another click, a decade of emails that Mr. Podesta maintained in his Gmail account – a total of 60,000 – were unlocked.”

Who exactly was on the other end? According to The Times, it was the Russians. Other people aren’t so convinced.

In fact, given the reportedly rudimentary means of entry (phishing?!), a number of people are now calling the ‘hack’ a ‘leak.’

@PrisonPlanet@YANKEEFANNO3@DailyCaller What an idiot and he’s leading the charge to get the electoral college to vote Hillary LOL won’t happen You got leaked not hacked

— Craig (@ahs6482) December 14, 2016

@ukexpat19@markberman@Jordanfabian All this crap about hackers. It was leaks and the deflect is from the content of the leaks.

— Julie Weathers (@Julie_Weathers) December 14, 2016

@thehill They were leaked not hacked. These are evil people that someone with a conscience wanted to expose. Probably the dead staffer

— Nathan Chambers (@NathanLC78) December 14, 2016

Plenty of people seem to find the whole thing hilarious – especially in light of the recent “blame the Russians” rhetoric that has taken over mainstream media outlets.

@thehill So much for the big Russian scare. Podesta is a moron.

— Hugh Brice (@hugh_brice) December 13, 2016

Russia “hacked” Podesta’s emails with a phishing scheme and I’m supposed to believe they’re good enough to hack three states voting machines

— Wokieleaks (@jrireland1) November 25, 2016

The big “Russian Hackers story” was nothing but cover. Podesta fell for a phishing scam. Incompetent moron. LMAO.

— مآت والكر (@mattwalkeresq) December 14, 2016

@oreillyfactor Podesta loses phone has weak password and falls for phishing scam. How was this the Russians, there is no evidence

— Barry Sharp (@BarrSharp) December 13, 2016

Podesta was sent a phishing link, and his tech guy told him it was “legitimate” (supposedly by accident): wow, that’s some serious hacking ????

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 13, 2016