“Two hacking collectives with suspected ties to the Russian government have sustained attacks on a citizen journalism site since 2015, security experts say. Security vendor TheatConnect released a report concluding Fancy Bear, Russian intel-linked group previously tied to the Democratic National Committee breach, and CyberBerkut, a group claiming to be pro-Russian Ukrainian hacktivists, targeted the Bellington website and organization with spear-phishing, credential harvesting and website defacement campaigns.”

Source: Russia-linked Fancy Bear Targets Citizen Journalists – Nextgov.com