Russian hacking group Fancy Bear targets hundreds of journalists
The Russian hackers behind Hillary Clinton’s leaked emails are still at it. This time, Fancy Bear is being accused of targeting hundreds of journalists
The Associated Press found at least 200 journalists have been part of a long-term attack dating back to at least mid-2014. The most recent hacks happened just months ago.
The list AP obtained from cybersecurity firm Secureworks included 50 New York Times journalists, a Washington Post columnist, and a Daily Beast reporter. Along with U.S. journalists, other major hack attempts were focused on the Kyiv Post and other media members in Ukraine and Russia.
After diplomats and U.S. Democrats, journalists were the largest group targeted.
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Fancy Bear is accused of hacking the Democratic National Committee, which led to the leaking of Hillary Clinton's emails.
The aim of the recently exposed hacking campaign was to discredit the media with compromising information found via email.
Journalists globally told the AP how phishing emails had been coming in for years in an attempt to break into networks and gain access to sources and information. It's believed the hacks came from Fancy Bear.
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President Donald Trump was hesitant to blame the Russians for the DNC hack. Let's see what he says when they attack the news media.
Topics Cybersecurity
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
