CYBER ATTACK

Rio Olympics 2016: Swimming Australia’s official website suffers cyber attack

SWIMMING Australia's website has been hit by a suspected cyber attack.

The attack comes in the wake of allegations by the Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton that his Chinese competitor Sun Yang was a drug cheat.

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Horton's social media was bombarded with hundreds of thousands of negative comments from China following his comments.

Yang retorted, saying: "I don't care too much what the Australian athlete says ... I'm clean; I've done everything it takes to prove I'm clean."

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Swimming Australia is not commenting publicly but it is understood the attack has been referred to the Government for investigation.

Yang served a three-month suspension in 2014 after testing positive to a banned substance.

 

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