deal with work you were doing, a fellowship in kiev? >> true. working under the auspices of the fulbrighfulbright,en froms on communications and do research on russian misinformation and as my work was gaining traction i received these alerts and received several since. >> what do you think they're looking for? what do they benefit from hacking someone like you? >> i think there is -- three things. first, compromise sources and work. perhaps they think i have access to some sort of classified information. the main thing and this goes back to soviet tactics of are psychological pressure. they just want to let you know that they are watching you, and watching what you're doing, and try to have some effect on the work you're doing. the people who work on this stuff generally in ukraine especially journalists in