IAAF records targeted in Fancy Bears attack
In a statement, the IAAF said it believed an attack had compromised athletes' TUE applications stored on its servers, adding that it detected "unauthorised remote access" to the IAAF network on February 21.
3 April 2017 4:31 PM GMT
Athletics' world governing body the IAAF has been targeted by the Russia-based Fancy Bears computer hacking group, compromising information on Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), it announced on Monday.
In a statement, the IAAF said it believed an attack had compromised athletes' TUE applications stored on its servers, adding that it detected "unauthorised remote access" to the IAAF network on February 21.
However, it admitted it was not sure of information was subsequently stolen from the network.
"Our first priority is to the athletes who have provided the IAAF with information that they believed would be secure and confidential," said IAAF president Sebastian Coe.
Last year Fancy Bears leaked medical records held by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) which provided details of athletes who had been legitimately taking banned medications under TUEs.
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