Russian state hackers attacked the computer networks of at least 16 national and international sports and antidoping organizations, Microsoft said Monday. The attacks are the latest in a series of brazen Russian cyberattacks on foreign politicians, sporting officials and antidoping regulators. Microsoft did not name victims of the cyberattacks, but confirmed that some of the Russian attacks were successful. The company traced the attacks to a group of notorious Russian state-backed hackers known by the alias Fancy Bear. The attacks resulted in the 2018 indictment of seven Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking sports and antidoping officials, as well as spreading personal emails belonging to antidoping officials and the private medical records of Western athletes.

Source: International New York Times October 28, 2019 23:26 UTC