Another 50 were either foreign correspondents based in Moscow or Russian reporters like Lobkov who worked for independent news outlets. The Committee to Protect Journalists said the wide net cast by Fancy Bear underscores efforts by governments worldwide to use hacking against journalists. Fancy Bear target Ekaterina Vinokurova, who works for regional media outlet Znak, said she routinely deletes her emails. Eight days after Chen published his big story, Fancy Bear tried to break into his account. His emails were published last year by hackers and his account is on Secureworks' list of Fancy Bear targets.

Source: ABC News December 22, 2017 07:05 UTC