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RSS FeedsCanadian athletes, athletic organizations targeted by Russian hackers
(The Star Books)

 
 

23 february 2017 12:46:21

 
Canadian athletes, athletic organizations targeted by Russian hackers
(The Star Books)
 


As the world fixates on Russian spying and cyber-attacks in U.S. politics, the field of sports has been struck by similar intrusions and Canadian athletes and organizations are among the hardest hit.The Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was warned last summer that Russian hackers were trying to breach its computer system, according to security officials and computer experts who requested anonymity to discuss the matter.The agency’s former director general, David Howman, who reported that he received death threats during his tenure, said these kinds of attacks in sport are unprecedented.The attacks are believed to be in retaliation for the revelations before the Rio Olympics about widespread Russian state-sponsored doping.“When you’ve got the stuff that (the Russian whistleblowers) had passed over — although the Russians still deny it — that was mind-blowing, absolutely mind-blowing,” Howman said.Richard McLaren, a Canadian law professor who has led two investigations into Russian doping, said he changes hotels, rooms and phones often to avoid being tracked.“I try never to stay in the same hotel because I do not want to create a pattern,” said McLaren, who spoke to the Star in the small tearoom of a boutique hotel in London.He remains calm, but remains wary and he is not alone.Some experts claim that almost every Canadian athlete who has undergone a drug test during the past 10 years may have had their records hacked.This proxy war began after McLaren delivered a report to the International Olympic Committee two weeks before the Rio Games.McLaren substantiated the allegations of Russian whistleblowers that a state-sponsored doping regime affected dozens of sports and thousands of Russian athletes.The sporting world immediately divided: On one side were the Russians, and, to the surprise of many, the International Olympic Committee and, on the other, were WADA and an array of national anti-doping ...


 
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