French anti-doping lab at center of Floyd Landis case breached by hacker

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_s111425A.xml.html

French anti-doping lab at center of Floyd Landis case breached by hacker 
PARIS (AP) - A hacker stole data from computers at the French anti- doping
lab whose test procedures are being challenged by American cyclist Floyd
Landis, police said Tuesday. 

The Chatenay-Malabry laboratory, which is accredited by the International
Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency, analyzed the samples
which indicated that Landis had elevated levels of testosterone in his
system when he won the Tour de France in July. 

Police are investigating a complaint that computers at the lab were breached
by a hacker. The complaint was lodged by French Anti-Doping Agency president
Pierre Bordry on Nov. 7. 

The prosecutor's office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre has opened a
preliminary inquiry into "intrusion into an information system" and "theft
of data." 

The inquiry has been turned over to police specialists. 

Bordry said he wants the French government to help tighten security around
the lab. 

"Intruders penetrated the lab's information systems and used material taken
inside in order to denigrate the lab," Bordry told France Info radio
Tuesday. 

According to sports daily L'Equipe, a hacker accessed data and sent out
letters to the IOC and WADA with the aim of discrediting the lab by calling
into question its reliability. 

Bordry said letters were also sent to an official at Montreal's anti- doping
lab.

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