How many BOTs on twitter? How many spammers in print?
From Bleeping Computer:
Hackers pose as journalists to breach news media org’s networks
Researchers following the activities of advanced persistent (APT) threat groups originating from China, North Korea, Iran, and Turkey say that journalists and media organizations have remained a constant target for state-aligned actors.
The adversaries are either masquerading or attacking these targets because they have unique access to non-public information that could help expand a cyberespionage operation.
More at the site including samples - simple stuff mostly... IP Address capture, social engineering. No "real" hacking.
Stuff people like us should be doing in the privacy of our own subterranian heaily-armed compounds.
We have computers too...
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