National Security

Report: Clinton chief probably sent password to hackers

By Rudy Takala
Published October 21, 2016 12:06am ET
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Report: Clinton chief probably sent password to hackers
A "Bitly" link included in a Mar. 19 email in an account held by campaign chairman John Podesta led researchers at SecureWorks to make the discovery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief probably handed access to his personal email account to hackers in March, a security research firm said Thursday, by complying with instructions they sent asking him to change his password.

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