U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups
Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET
A federal grand jury in Pennsylvania has indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers, accusing them of hacking into U.S. and international anti-doping agencies, sports federations, and accessing data related to 250 athletes from approximately 30 countries.
Announcing the charges Thursday morning, the Justice Department also said the hackers' targets included Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and a Swiss lab that was testing for an exotic poison used in the attempted assassinations of former KGB agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
The officers, part of Russia's GRU, allegedly published stolen information under the phony auspices of a group called the Fancy Bears' Hack Team.
The hackers acquired the data through cyber attacks on networks and officials at roughly 40 different anti-doping agencies and sporting organizations,
