Hackers tampered with data 250 athletes

washington - Part of the American accusations against seven Russian hackers is that they stole confidential information from sportsmen and spread it to put them in a bad light. Prosecutors in the US state that they penetrated systems of dozens of anti-doping organizations and sports federations.

For example, they collected private information and confidential medical data from approximately 250 athletes from nearly 30 countries. They edited the information for their purposes. It was a retribution operation after Russia was excluded from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea due to large-scale doping use.

The seven defendants between the ages of 27 and 46 are according to the prosecutors in Russia and are members of the Russian military intelligence service GROe.