That March, Fancy Bear’s Russian hackers had sent John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, a fake Google alert, declaring that he had to change his Gmail password. Podesta had forwarded the email to the DNC’s IT staff for vetting, and in what would become the most tragic typo in American election history, a campaign aide wrote back, “This is a legitimate email.” He had intended to type “illegitimate,” but the damage was done.
