Olympics: Hackers attack Russian whistleblower’s doping account

AFP reports:

Unknown attackers have hacked into Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova’s World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) records, the watchdog announced Saturday (Aug 13).

The runner, who was excluded from the Rio Olympics and lives in hiding in the United States, has been a key source of information on accusations that the Russian government organised doping on a massive scale.

Read more on The Straits Times.

Update: See also HackRead’s coverage and ThreatConnect’s hypotheses.

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