Email addresses and names of DefenseNews subscribers were accessed by hackers, Gannett announced. DefenseNews’s subscribers include active and retired military personnel, defense contractors. Security expert says it’s likely the attack was deliberately after the names and email addresses of people in the defense industry and military. The stolen information would make the perfect fodder for “spear phishing,” the kind of attacks that target individuals within an organization by crafting convincing messages, often with embedded links or attached files that direct recipients to malicious sites.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2128893/hackers-steal-info-on-military–defense-personnel.html