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CNN is reporting that Russian hackers were behind the State Department email hack — and that they used the breach to access unclassified information on the White House computer system, like President Obama’s schedule. Investigators think a phishing scam sent on the State Department’s email server likely led to the hack, and an official told CNN that they weren’t sure the threat had been removed completely. CNN’s report ends by reminding people who might wonder what this story means for Hillary Clinton that the hack happened after the end of her private email server’s tenure.
