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World Anti-Doping Agency attacked by Russian hackers, includes files for Simone Biles, Venus and Serena Williams

on Sep 14, 2016 | 0 comments

By Haley Velasco

The World Anti-Doping Agency is in hot water after it announced that Russian hackers accessed its database, specifically viewing information on athletes that were involved with the Olympics games in Rio. According to the WADA, the Russian cyber espionage group operator by the name of Tsar Team (APT28), or Fancy Bear, was behind the attack on the private information.

“WADA deeply regrets this situation and is very conscious of the threat that it represents to athletes whose confidential information has been divulged through this criminal act,” said Olivier Niggli, Director General, WADA, in a statement. “We are reaching out Read full story ›

Source: The Drum