Eliot Higgins and other journalists associated with Bellingcat , a group researching the shoot down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine , were targeted by numerous spearphishing emails . The messages were fake Gmail security notices with Bit.ly and TinyCC shortened URLs . According to ThreatConnect , some of the phishing emails had originated from servers that Fancy Bear had used in previous attacks elsewhere . Bellingcat is best known for having accused Russia of being culpable for the shoot down of MH17 , and is frequently derided in the Russian media
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
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