Hackers targeted over 200 Gmail users, including journalists, activists critical of the Kremlin and those connected with the Ukrainian military. Researchers say the hackers abused Google’s own services and used phishing emails to steal Gmail credentials from 218 targets across 39 countries, including former US defense officials, a former Russian prime minister, and Ukrainian military official. The hackers then manipulate those stolen emails before being published on the Internet, planting disinformation alongside legitimate leaks. There is “overlap” with previously reported cyber espionage activities tied to a Russia-backed hacking group well known as APT28.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/hackers-tainted-leaks.html