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Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by Enapesunday(m): 8:43pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has
condemned Russian hackers for leaking
confidential medical files of US Olympic
athletes.
Athletes affected include tennis players Venus and
Serena Williams and teenage gymnast Simone
Biles.
A group calling itself "Fancy Bears" claimed
responsibility for the hack of a Wada database.
Wada said in a statement that the cyber attacks
were an attempt to undermine the global anti-
doping system.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov
said it was "out of the question" that the Kremlin
or secret services were involved in the hacking,
Russian news agencies reported.
The hackers accessed records detailing
"Therapeutic Use Exemptions" (TUEs), which
allow the use of banned substances due to
athletes' verified medical needs.
'Compromising trust'
Russia's track and field team were banned from
the Rio Olympics over an alleged state-backed
doping programme.
"Let it be known that these criminal acts are
greatly compromising the effort by the global
anti-doping community to re-establish trust in
Russia," Wada director-general Olivier Niggli said.
Simone Biles, who won four gold medals in Rio,
had obtained the necessary permission to take
prescription medicine on the Wada banned drugs
list, USA Gymnastics said in a statement.
"By virtue of the TUE, Biles has not broken any
drug-testing regulations, including at the Olympic
Games in Rio," it said.
"Simone and everyone at USA Gymnastics believe
in the importance of a level playing field for all
athletes."
Fancy Bears said TUEs amount to "licences for
doping".
US Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart called
the hack "cowardly and despicable".
"In each of the situations, the athlete has done
everything right in adhering to the global rules for
obtaining permission to use a needed
medication," he said.
The US Olympic Committee has had "zero
adverse findings from the Rio Olympic Games
that weren't 100% within the medical guidelines
set forth by anti-doping authorities," spokesman
Patrick Sandusky said.
Earlier this month, Mr Niggli said Wada was
experiencing almost daily cyber attacks
originating from Russia.
Fancy Bears, which is also known as Tsar Team
(APT28), has pledged to release confidential
records from other national Olympic teams.
Analysis: Dave Lee, BBC North America
technology reporter
It's an old adage in cybersecurity that the
weakest point of any supposedly secure system is
the people that use it.
Wada says it believes this hack was made
possible thanks to a successful spearphishing
attack. Phishing is a term given to the technique
of tricking a user into giving up crucial
information - often by clicking a link that takes
them to a malicious website disguised as a
familiar one, such as the log-in page for a bank
or social network.
Spearphishing takes this one significant step
further. While a phishing attack is often aimed at
many people in the hope some will fall for it,
spearphishing is highly targeted. Hackers perhaps
identified a small number of people, or even just
one person, and wrote a phishing attack
specifically designed to trick them.
Other than pushing a message of vigilance among
staff, spearphishing is incredibly difficult to
defend against. Attackers often scour the internet,
looking for added information on the target that
might make an email more believable. Sometimes
even knowing a person's favourite football team
is enough to tip the balance in making a
spearphishing email seem genuine. |
Re: Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by Goldenheart(m): 8:47pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
#SeeGobe Blackhats hackers everywhere |
Re: Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by falcon01: 8:55pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
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Re: Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by casttlebarbz(m): 8:57pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
Nothing is safe |
Re: Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by scully95: 9:58pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
When is killery killton going to use this in her next campaign punch lines that Putin himself leaked/hacked it... Foolish political backward wada and ioc.. In 2016, they are acting as if everyone else is foolish....Fo olish political neocon dogs . For the sole reason that they politicize the ioc and wada, I did no watch any of the games. Crooks... 1 Like |
Re: Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles And Serena Williams Files by Durbaubal682: 7:26pm On Sep 14, 2016 |
Hello every one, how are you? |
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