Russia Behind World Anti-Doping Agency & International Sports Court Hacks

A report released by cyber-intelligence firm ThreatConnect reveals the hidden connections between the recent WADA and TAS hacks with the operations of Fancy Bear, a cyber-espionage group with strong ties to Russia's government.

The incident we are referring took place on August 11 when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) admitted to suffering a data breach. Later, the Anonymous Poland hacktivism group took credit for the attack and dumped data online from a second target, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS, also CAS).

Two days after these revelations, Yuliya Stepanova, the Russian runner who revealed to the world Russia's state-sponsored doping program, also reported having her email and AWADA A...