The The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed today that its Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database was accessed by Russian cyber-hackers Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear.
The hack was made through an account created by the International Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games in Rio. The hackers were able to view athlete data, including confidential medical data such as Therapeutic Use Exemptions. WADA stated that the hack was confined to Olympic Games athletes and no other ADAMS data is believed to have been compromised.
The hackers released TUE information for tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, and gymnast Simone Biles, and have threatened to release more information. So far, no information has been leaked about any cyclists.
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"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. "We are reaching out to stakeholders, such as the IOC, IFs and NADOs, regarding the specific athletes impacted.
"WADA condemns these ongoing cyber-attacks that are being carried out in an attempt to undermine WADA and the global anti-doping system. WADA has been informed by law enforcement authorities that these attacks are originating out of Russia," he continued. "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 further to the outcomes of the Agency's independent McLaren Investigation Report."
The McLaren report brought to light a state-sponsored doping scheme whereby athletes were either warned about upcoming tests, or had positive tests covered up.
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