Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-11-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: United States Anti-Doping Agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear has hacked into the confidential emails of senior anti-doping officials from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).