MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Russia disapproves of the hack of medical files of Olympic athletes, though their findings should attract public attention.
Putin's statement on Friday came as IOC President Thomas Bach said he will ask Moscow for help to stop the hackers, which the World Anti-Doping Agency said were linked to Russia.
Soon after Putin's comments, the hackers' group known as Fancy Bears published files of medical data from 11 more athletes who competed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics last month. That brought the total to 40 athletes in three rounds of data posted online this week.