Olympics: Official downplays stolen files row

RIO DE JANEIRO: The president of the Rio 2016 Olympic organising committee downplayed the theft of computer files by Brazilian officials relating to the organisation of the 2012 London Olympics.

“The unauthorised copying of documents belonging to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games did not result in any grave security violation or compromise any personal data,” Carlos Arthur Nuzman told a press conference, reading a letter sent by LOCOG head Paul Deighton. Nuzman said he did ‘not at all’ feel responsible for the incident. Deighton said that the incident would not affect relations with the Rio 2016 team.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2012.