The person at the center of this case
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other international anti-doping and sporting organizations
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
EVGENII MIKHAYLOVICH SEREBRIAKOV
Justice for United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other international anti-doping and sporting organizations — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1Serebriakov's current whereabouts and activities in Moscow—is he still operational in cyber intelligence?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific data was stolen from USADA and WADA, and how was it used in disinformation operations?
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clue
Lead #3How were the seven defendants coordinated, and what was Serebriakov's specific role in Unit 26165?
On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers, including Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov, for their roles in coordinated hacking operations targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting organizations from 2014 through May 2018. Serebriakov, allegedly assigned to Russian military intelligence Unit 26165, remains at large and was last known to be in Moscow, Russia. The case involves conspiracy to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering related to intrusions of USADA, WADA, and other entities during the 2016 Olympics and beyond.
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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; FBI
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Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment against 7 Russian individuals for their alleged roles in hacking and related influence and disinformation operations targeting, among others, international anti-doping agencies, sporting federations, and anti-doping officials. The indictment charges Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov, Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov , and Alexey Valerevich Minin with computer hacking activity spanning from 2014 through May of 2018, including the computer intrusions of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other victim entities during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and afterwards.
The indictment charges these defendants with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment.
Remarks: Serebriakov is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer, assigned to Unit 26165. Serebriakov was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2014
Hacking campaign begins
Computer intrusion operations targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting federations begin
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2016
2016 Olympics targeting
Intrusions of USADA, WADA, and other victim entities during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
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2018-05
Campaign concludes
Computer hacking activity extends through May 2018
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2018-10-03
Federal indictment
Grand jury in Western District of Pennsylvania returns indictment against seven Russian individuals including Serebriakov
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 10, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 10, 2026