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Mutko denies links to Fancy Bears doping hackers
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RUSSIA’S sports minister yesterday denied there had been any Russian government involvement in the hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency computer.
“No. How, how?” the minister Vitaly Mutko told reporters on the sidelines of a UEFA congress when asked whether there were Russian state links to the Fancy Bears hacking group blamed for the computer operation.
He said no proof had been given of the WADA accusations on Tuesday that Russian hackers breached its database and published confidential records of United States Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
WADA said in a statement the Russian cyber-espionage group Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bears, had broken into its Anti-Doping Administration and Management System.
The hacking group released information from the files of Biles, the Williams sisters and US women’s basketball player Elena Delle Donne.
The Fancy Bears have threatened to release more files saying those already published were just the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
“How can you prove that they are hackers from Russia. You blame Russia for everything,” Mutko said through a translator, adding that he knew nothing of the case.
“We are also very concerned because they have the same data on the Russian athletes and we can also be victims.”
Mutko said Russia has a data protection law and anyone found to have stolen personal information could be prosecuted.
The minister, who was banned from attending the Rio Olympics because of the Russian doping scandal, also rejected suggestions that he should stand down to boost the campaign to regain the country’s sporting credibility.
Russia’s track and field team and dozens of athletes from other sports were banned after a WADA report said there was state-sponsored doping in the country’s sport.
“We said that we do not agree with the report’s conclusions,” said Mutko. “Legally the conclusions are not correct. Please give us the facts, we will carry out an investigation and if I am mentioned I will be punished; I will be sanctioned.”
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