WASHINGTON — Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail account while she was secretary of state, e-mails released Wednesday show. It is unclear if she clicked on any attachment and exposed her account.
Clinton received the infected e-mails, disguised as speeding tickets, over four hours early on the morning of Aug. 3, 2011.
The e-mails instructed recipients to print the attached tickets, which would have allowed hackers to take control of the computers.
Security researchers who analyzed the malicious software in September 2011 said that infected computers would transmit information from victims to at least three servers overseas, including one in Russia.
That doesn’t necessarily mean Russian intelligence or citizens were responsible.
Clinton has said repeatedly that the unusual homebrew server she used was secure.
But the phishing attempts highlight the risk of Clinton’s unsecure e-mail being pried open by foreign intelligence agencies.
