Wada slams Russian hackers

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said on Tuesday that confidential athlete data relating to the Rio Olympics had been hacked by a Russian cyber espionage group that had published some of it and was threatening to release more. “Wada condemns these ongoing cyber-attacks that are being carried out in an attempt to undermine Wada and the global antidoping system,” said director general Olivier Niggli.