Russian 'Fancy Bears' Hackers Target International Olympic
Committee in Latest Email Dump
By Louise Matsakis
Published: 2018-01-10 · Archived: 2026-04-05 14:34:26 UTC
Hack Brief: Russian Hackers Release Apparent IOC Emails in Wake of Olympics
Ban
A state-linked hacking group is once again trying to discredit antidoping investigators.
The Russian hacking group “Fancy Bears” once again causes trouble for antidoping
investigators.Peter Kovalev/Getty Images
On Wednesday, in the wake of Russia's December ban from the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Russia-linked group
calling itself "Fancy Bears" published a set of apparently stolen emails. They purportedly belong to officials from
the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and third-party groups associated
with the organizations. It's not the first time Russia has lashed out at the IOC and the anti-doping agencies in the
last few years. And with a month left until the games begin, it may not be the last.
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Louise Matsakis is a senior business editor at WIRED. She cowrites Made in China, a weekly newsletter that
gives readers a clear-eyed, unbiased view of the biggest tech news coming out of China. She was previously
deputy news editor at Semafor, a senior editor at Rest of World, and a ... Read More
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