https://www.cyberscoop.com/fancy-bear-olympics-hacking-tokyo/
By Jeff Stone
CYBERSCOOP
October 28, 2019
State-sponsored Russian hackers are targeting anti-doping authorities and other
sports-related organizations ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Microsoft
announced on Monday.
The hacking group known as Fancy Bear — or Strontium, APT28 and other names —
targeted at least 16 national and international organizations across three
continents starting Sept. 16, Tom Burt, Microsoft’s vice president for customer
security and trust said in a blog post. That date roughly coincides with when
World-Anti Doping Agency officials told international media outlets that Russia
may be banned from all international sporting events over “inconsistencies” at
its Moscow testing facility.
Microsoft reported Monday that some of the attacks detected in recent weeks
were successful, but “the majority were not.” The company did not name any
specific victims. The news comes less than a year before the next Summer Games
begin in July 2020.
The World Anti-Doping Authority long has been a target of interest for Russian
hackers. Fancy Bear was linked to a 2018 incident in which emails stolen from
athletic officials and anti-doping investigators were made public. Russia had
been banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics after a series of probes into doping
by its athletes. Many were allowed to compete, but not under the Russian flag.
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