In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The secretary of state under President Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. senator from Massachusetts was the target of at least five phishing emails during June-December 2015 at his Gmail address, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)
The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of others of interest to the Kremlin, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press. For a deep dive into the operation, read Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election. Here is a look at some high-profile targets:
JOHN KERRY
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The secretary of state under President Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. senator from Massachusetts was the target of at least five phishing emails during June-December 2015 at his Gmail address, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)
Secretary of state under President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, former U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
Kerry was the target of at least five phishing emails between June and December 2015, when he was secretary of state.
COLIN POWELL
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington. The secretary of state under President George W. Bush, national security adviser under President Ronald Reagan, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was the target of one phishing email in June 2015 at his Gmail addresss, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Secretary of state under President George W. Bush, national security adviser under President Ronald Reagan, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His leaked emails made headlines when they were published by DCLeaks in September 2016.
Powell was targeted by a phishing email in June 2015.
WESLEY CLARK
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 file photo, presidential candidate Wesley Clark holds a U.S. flag as he speaks to delegates at the Florida Democratic Party convention in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The commander in chief of U.S. European command and candidate for Democratic presidential nomination in 2003 was the target of 13 phishing emails during April-December 2015 at his Gmail address, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (AP Photo/Scott Martin)
Commander in chief of U.S. European Command, candidate for Democratic presidential nomination in 2003.
Target of as many as a dozen phishing emails from April to December 2015 at his Gmail address.
PETRO POROSHENKO
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 file photo, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, during an official visit. The Ukrainian president and businessman moved the country toward closer relations with the West and is now presiding over a war against Russian-backed separatists. He appears to have been targeted by hackers at least seven times during April to September 2015, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
President of Ukraine, businessman, moved country toward closer relations with the West, presided over a war against Russian-backed separatists that began in 2014.
Targeted repeatedly by Fancy Bear from April to September 2015.
MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY
FILE - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 file photo, Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks at the Ukraine-Russia Dialogue conference in Kiev, Ukraine. The exiled Russian oligarch was once one of the country’s richest men and was imprisoned in 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion. He was released in 2013, and now lives in Switzerland, from where he promotes democratic reform in Russia. He was the target of 13 phishing emails during April-December 2015, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Former Russian oil tycoon who was once one of the country’s richest men, imprisoned in 2003 on politically driven charges of fraud and tax evasion, released in 2013 and flown out of the country, now a resident of Switzerland and promotes democratic reform in Russia.
Was targeted as many as 13 times from March to December 2015.
MARIA “MASHA” ALEKHINA
In this Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 photo, Maria Alekhina, of the Russian, punk band Pussy Riot, speaks during an interview at La Mama Theater in New York. The Russian political activist, convicted in 2012 of hooliganism and released from prison in 2013, was the target of three phishing emails during March-April 2015 at her Gmail address, according to data from the cybersecurity firm Secureworks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Russian political activist, member of protest punk rock group Pussy Riot, convicted in 2012 of hooliganism and released from prison in 2013.
Target of three phishing emails from March to April 2015 at her Gmail address.