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The 2020 Olympics is set to take place in Tokyo, Japan, and the latest word is that the tournament’s medals will be made out of old and discarded smartphones. The Olympics’ organizing committee in Tokyo began a recycling program last year to collect old smartphones for making medals for the 2020 Olympics, as smartphones are made […]
Fancy Bears hackers are back and this time, their target was The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Apparently, the hackers have managed to get away with the athletes’ medical records, including therapeutic use exemption (TUE). This breach was reported to the athletics’ world governing body, and even though they admitted that unauthorized access was […]
Fancy Bear Hackers have leaked yet another set of documents stolen from WADA server — This time, the group has targeted athletes from other countries as well and not just the United States. It looks like the Fancy Bear hackers are not done yet. After hacking the official website of World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of […]
WADA’s hack has opened doors to more hacks — Now, the Russian Olympics whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova living in a secret location had her account accessed by a third party. On 12th August a Twitter handle claiming affiliation with Anonymous Poland branch of the hacktivist group hacked the official website of WADA-CAS (World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration […]
The Online Hacktivist Anonymous Demands Exclusion of Saudi Arabia from Olympics for Battering Human Rights Saudi Arabia has always been criticized by the West for its strict civil laws and so-called Shari’ah abiding regulations. Lately, the Saudi government has been on a head-chopping spree. In fact, The Guardian noted that beheadings in Saudi Arabia have […]
Devices brought to Sochi get apparently hacked within few moments of being connected to a Wi-Fi network, according to NBC Nightly News’ experiment. Richard Engel of NBC News, as explained in this video clip said his devices in Sochi were hacked within few seconds and loaded with bogus information decoys. Public WI-Fi networks are anyways […]