The latest victim is the French Golf Federation, which joins the long list of other sporting bodies hacked: swimming, handball, football, tennis and sports shooting. As with big brands, each time, digital burglars enter with more or less malice and plunder millions of personal data from members and managers. Emails, addresses and telephone numbers, and more rarely passwords, are extracted at an industrial rate in order to be resold to the highest bidder.
Sports Federation Hacks: Hacker’s Account
by Aiko Tanaka
Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.
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