World Anti-Doping Agency Says It Was Hacked By Russia (theverge.com)

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is accusing Russian state-sponsored hackers of hacking its database of athletes involved in this year's Olympic Games in Rio. Whether it's in response to the WADA banning 119 Russian athletes from participating in the games due to a doping scandal, it has yet to be determined. The Verge reports: The agency claims the state-sponsored group Fancy Bear is behind the attack, although it doesn't clarify how that attribution was made. The accessed data included medical information, like Therapeutic Use Exemptions issued by International Sports Federations and National Anti-Doping Organizations. The group has reportedly released some of this data and threatened to release more. The attackers reportedly relied on spear phishing emails to gain access to the database and eventually used credentials specifically made for the Rio Olympic games. Fancy Bear was the same group responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee earlier this year.

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Re: America needs war!

[amicusNYCL]

Anyone complaining about the treatment of American males must not have anything better to complain about.

In Russia the only fear is criticizing the government.

You shouldn't fear that. The government should fear the citizens, not the other way around. "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

In the West, fear is the norm as everything is offensive to everyone.

1. How would you know? 2. How come I'm not afraid all the time?

You can't even look into a woman anymore without being charged for eye rape.

God, I hope not. That does sound awfully invasive, depending on which hole you're looking into.

Two can play this stupid game.

That's true, but some people are better at playing stupid games than other people.