Affiliated media: Bellingcat, Journalists

Incident date: August 12, 2019

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalists from The Insider and Bellingcat were targeted of phishing attacks by the GRU. At least ten other journalists and NGO employees from Russia, Europe and the United States were also targeted. The attacks came in several waves and began around late April 2019.