Fancy Bears release names of footballers permitted to use otherwise-banned medicines at 2010 World Cup

Today's publication of hacked data was the Fancy Bears' first disclosure in football.

Fancy Bears release names of footballers permitted to use otherwise-banned medicines at 2010 World Cup

Carlos Tevez, Juan Veron and Dirk Kuyt have been named by hackers Fancy Bears as three of the players permitted to use otherwise-banned medicines during the 2010 World Cup.

Tevez and Veron are two of five Argentinian players listed in a document which details therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) and declarations of use of medicines for 25 players during the tournament in South Africa more than seven years ago.

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