Re: NYT article about Russian doping scandal at the Sochi Olympic Games
E-mail account of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Russian informant Yulia Stepanova was hacked, followed a few hours later by a hack of her ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration and Management System) account, according to media reports.
WADA Informant Stepanova’s E-Mail Account Hacked to Uncover Location
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160813/1044232863/wada-russia-doping.html
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Russian informant Yuliya Stepanova’s e-mail and ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration and Management System) account were hacked to locate her, media reported Saturday, citing her representative’s e-mail.
On Monday, Stepanova and her husband planned to make an announcement ahead of the women’s 800m race at the Rio Olympics, from which the Russian runner had been banned to participate by the International Olympic Committee.
"Yuliya's e-mail account was hacked, followed a few hours later by a hack of her ADAMS account, i.e. her anti-doping control account at WADA,'' the e-mail sent to the ESPN broadcaster said.
WADA confirmed that her account was the only athlete account that was hacked proving that someone had attempted to uncover her undisclosed location in the United States, released in late 2014.
The Russian runner, who had left Russia with her family, was also a key witness in the WADA investigation into allegations that dozens of Russian athletes used performance-enhancing drugs at the 2014 Winter Olympics. WADA accused Russia of running a state-wide doping program and recommended to ban the team from the 2016 Olympic Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is concerned about the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to ban its informant Yulia Stepanova from participating in 2016 Rio Olympics, agency’s Director General Olivier Niggli said.
WADA Concerned About Banning Informant Stepanova From 2016 Rio Olympics
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Back dated July 27, 2016 - On Sunday,
the IOC Executive Board decided to deny the request of Russian track and field athlete and World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA)
informant Julia Stepanova for a permission to take part in the 2016 Olympics, citing an advice of the IOC Ethics Commission.
"WADA has been very vocal in supporting Yulia’s desire to compete as an independent athlete. Ms. Stepanova was instrumental in courageously exposing the single biggest doping scandal of all time. WADA is very concerned by the message that this sends whistleblowers for the future," Niggli said on Sunday, as quoted by the press release issued on the agency’s website.
Last week an independent WADA commission presented a report based on the results of its investigation into allegations that dozens of Russian athletes used performance-enhancing drugs at the 2014 Winter Olympics. WADA accused Russia of running a state-wide doping program and recommended to ban the team from the 2016 Olympic Games.
On Sunday, the IOC made a decision not to ban the entire Russian Olympic team from participation in the upcoming games in Rio, choosing to leave it to the individual sports federations to decide on athletes' participation. The IOC also banned all Russian athletes with doping record from the games.
Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova said through a third party that her email account -- and the account where she enters whereabouts information to the World Anti-Doping Agency -- has been hacked, potentially compromising her undisclosed location in the United States and that of her husband and young son.
Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova says email has been hacked
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Journalists from multiple international media outlets received an unsigned email early Saturday morning from a private Switzerland-based group that has been supporting Stepanova and her husband Vitaly Stepanov with a fundraising effort also endorsed by several past and current prominent Olympic athletes.
The Stepanovs plan to make public comments on Monday ahead of Wednesday's preliminary heats of the Olympic women's 800-meter race, which Stepanova had hoped to enter as a neutral athlete following the suspension of the Russian track and field federation.
Patrick K. Magyar, one of the coordinators for the group, confirmed the email's authorship to ESPN.com but declined any further comment about the precautions the couple are taking.
"Yuliya's e-mail account was hacked, followed a few hours later by a hack of her ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration and Management System) account, i.e. her anti-doping control account at WADA,'' the email said. "WADA confirmed that her account was the only athlete account that was hacked, which makes clear that Yuliya was victim of an attempt to uncover her whereabouts.''
WADA could not be immediately reached for comment.
Vitaly Stepanov, who worked for the now-discredited Russian Anti-Doping Agency, corresponded with WADA for four years starting in 2010 about his observations of doping and corruption in Russian track and field. Yuliya Stepanova joined her husband as an informant after being suspended for biological passport abnormalities in 2013.
The Stepanovs fled Russia in advance of a November 2014 German television documentary that used their secretly recorded footage and other information to expose extensive organized doping in Russian track and field. They lived briefly in Berlin before coming to the United States in late 2015, and were key witnesses in a WADA investigation.
The IAAF, track and field's international governing body, allowed Stepanova to compete at the European Championships in July. She was hampered by an injury and hobbled to the finish of the 800-meter event. Despite support from the IAAF and WADA, the International Olympic Committee denied Stepanova's request to compete at the Rio Games.
An independent online petition to appeal the IOC decision started by a German citizen, Kaj Beuter, has collected more than 270,000 signatures, according to the email.
Informant world anti-doping Agency (WADA) athlete Yulia Stepanova said that her e-mail and account, with which the athlete shall notify WADA of their whereabouts, was hacked. On Saturday, August 13, according to ESPN.
Mail informant WADA Stepanova hacked in an attempt to find her location
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WADA confirmed that the attack was subjected to only email and account in the system ADAMS (anti-doping administration and management) Stepanova. "This suggests that someone was trying to uncover her whereabouts," the Agency.
1 Aug Vitaly Stepanov, a former employee of the Russian anti-doping Agency (RUSADA), also became an informant WADA, complained of on death threats. Most of them came through the social network.
31 July, the international Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended Stepanov from participation in the Olympic games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, as in 2013, the athlete was disqualified for two years for doping.
At the beginning of June reported, what Stepanov has received financial assistance for the provision of information for a documentary TV channel ARD about doping in Russian sports. They had previously accused at least four Russian athletes won gold medals at the Olympics in Sochi, in the use of illegal drugs.
Sharing photos of the athletes from Russia and Ukraine angered Poroshenko's adviser
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Advisor to the President of Ukraine Yuri Biryukov expressed his outrage over published in Instagram
pictures of the Ukrainian Olympians to which they embrace with Russian athletes.
This Biryukov wrote in his Facebook:
"Very gloomy mood, I want a lot of dirty tricks to slander about our gallant athletes. Not everyone, of course, there are normal. But stsuko, obnimantsy with representatives of the Horde?" — wrote Advisor to the Ukrainian President.
He also added that, in his view, "fans can take pictures with the Horde would benefit if the money allocated for their trip to the Olympics, would be transferred to the budget of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The put Russian tennis player Andrey Kuznetsov. In the comments to the photo, he wrote: "we actually all get along." The athlete later deleted the photo, but it managed to publish in the media and blogs, in particular, Sports.ru. The picture shows Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine), Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia), coach Dmitry Chaises (Ukraine), Evgeny Donskoy (Russia), Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine), Igor Kunitsyn (Russia), Denis Molchanov (Ukraine) and Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia).
Sports.ru photo:
http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/greatness/1018104.html