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Indictment of Russian Intel Officers For Anti-Doping Hacking Scandal

Calendar Oct 06, 2018 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The US Department of Justice has indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers for alleged hacking activities that were designed to undermine the credibility of international anti-doping organizations and officials. Four of the indicted officers travelled to the Netherlands to try and break into systems belonging to an organization investigating a deadly nerve agent that was used to try and kill a former Russian spy in Britain recently.

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