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Russian Hackers Targeted More Than 200 Journalists Globally (apnews.com)
The Associated Press: Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his most intimate messages had just been published to the web. Days earlier, the veteran journalist had come out live on air as HIV-positive, a taboo-breaking revelation that drew responses from hundreds of Russians fighting their own lonely struggles with the virus. Now he'd been hacked. The Associated Press found that Lobkov was targeted by the hacking group known as Fancy Bear in March 2015, nine months before his messages were leaked. He was one of at least 200 journalists, publishers and bloggers targeted by the group as early as mid-2014 and as recently as a few months ago. The AP identified journalists as the third-largest group on a hacking hit list obtained from cybersecurity firm Secureworks, after diplomatic personnel and U.S. Democrats. About 50 of the journalists worked at The New York Times. Another 50 were either foreign correspondents based in Moscow or Russian reporters like Lobkov who worked for independent news outlets. Others were prominent media figures in Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltics or Washington.
Tell you what, how about you research how many journalists have been hacked by the CIA and post a separate article here on Slashdot with the details of their nefarious deeds?
Otherwise, your redirection smells of whataboutism.
On the same day Snowden releases his spy app.
Um, no connection here, nothing to see, move on.
Why? There have been HUNDREDS in the past few years that have all been ignored, including lying to a FISA court to wiretap an opposition campaign.
However, this comes along and look at all the Trump bashers, when it has nothing to do with Trump.
Rigging an election? That was the DNC primary.
Colluding with Russia during an election? Again Clinton.
Selling Uranium to Russia? Clinton once again.
Spying illegally on US reporters? That was Obama that did it to Rosen and the AP.
I'm noticing a patter here of DNC and Clinton actually doing the things you idiots blame Trump for.
Meanwhile... I will pay $2000 less in taxes next year and NOT have the president calling me deplorable. I think I win.
Yes, the U.S. also sometimes does bad things. No, that doesn't excuse Russia.
In the past when Russia attacked our country we didn't have any traitors like Donald Trump use their high political office to encourage, reward, and defend Russia's attacks on America.
Even worse, deplorables have taken a short break from promoting bigotry and racism to excuse and defend Trump's treasonous collusion with Russia's attacks on America.