Connect the threat wrote:
Elite group? Seems like to me it's more of a bunch of wannabe hackers who failed in the basement wars. Of course, the "global intelligence agencies" might also think Russia is behind it, but they are wrong a lot too.
Russia Today article
https://www.rt.com/sport/359476-smirnov-wada-fancy-bear/Vitaly Smirnov, a longtime IOC member, and the head of a recently-assembled commission to fight doping in Russia, has strongly denounced the cyber-attacks on WADA that led to the exposure of private medical information belonging to dozens of athletes.
“Our commission is working closely with WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] to build open and close ties. We are against any kind of cyber-attacks. We condemn them, and consider them illegal,†Smirnov told RT in a sit-down interview in Moscow on Thursday.
But 81-year old Smirnov, who led the organizing committee of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, has cautioned against pinning the attacks on Russia, let alone implying that it is within the power of the Kremlin to control them.
“Cyber-attacks are a global problem. I think it is wrong to immediately link them with governments. ... We’ve already contacted Russia’s communication watchdog. They’ve confirmed to us that they are ready to use all necessary means, and engage other agencies to investigate the attacks.â€
In July, Smirnov was personally appointed to lead the Public Anti-Doping Commission by Vladimir Putin. Its purpose is to serve as an independent overseer of Russia’s doping control institutions, which have lost international certification, and to restore public faith.
A long time IOC member is an "independent overseer" of an anti-doping institution?