In Russia, Fancy Bear focused on government opponents and dozens of journalists. “If you’re not Russia,” he said, “hacking these people is a colossal waste of time.”——WORKING 9 TO 6 MOSCOW TIMEAllegations that Fancy Bear works for Russia aren’t new. He found a hyperactive Bitly account Fancy Bear was using to sneak thousands of malicious links past Google’s spam filter. In 2016, a cybersecurity company known as CrowdStrike said the Democratic National Committee had been compromised by Russian hackers, including Fancy Bear. His emails were published last year by hackers and his account is on Secureworks’ list of Fancy Bear targets.

Source: National Post November 02, 2017 05:03 UTC