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07-15-2018, 09:19 AM
http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/JQF2e9t_cQUSZrPBj16t0w--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-GTY-619097736-1-1-1.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-leaks-russian-hacking-helped-sink-clinton-2016-202837241.html)In September 2015 an FBI cybersecurity agent called up the Democratic National Committee, just gearing up for the coming presidential election, to report that Russia-linked hackers had penetrated their network. Nine months later, the result became clear: hackers began leaking out personal emails, opposition research, and other documents, a number of them embarrassing, that were swept up from Democrat Hillary Clinton's White House fight. The leak helped turn her sure-thing campaign into a struggle that she ultimately lost to Republican Donald Trump on November 8, 2016.



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