Anti-doping agency WADA has revealed that some of the data released by hackers on Rio Olympic athletes had been altered by them prior to publication online.
In a lengthy update on the attacks by the Kremlin-linked ‘Fancy Bear’ group, WADA claimed: “not all data released by Fancy Bear (in its PDF documents) accurately reflects ADAMS data.”
ADAMS is the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System. Hackers managed to gain access to a specific account created for the 2016 games and soon after began publishing details of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) – the system by which athletes can use banned substances for a legitimate medical condition.
“The criminal activity undertaken by the cyber-espionage group, which seeks to undermine the TUE program and the work of WADA and its partners in the protection of clean sport, is a cheap shot at innocent athletes whose personal data has been exposed,” the agency argued. For the full article click here
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