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February 12, 2018 10:14 pm GMT
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Cybersecurity researchers say Olympics hacker aimed to embarrass
The hot new trend in Winter Olympics fashion? Making the host country look like a chump.
Following reports that Olympic organizers had their servers hacked during the opening ceremony, security researchers have dug into the malware responsible and come to an interesting conclusion: Embarrassment was the name of the game.
According to Talos, "Cisco's industry-leading threat intelligence team," the attack that knocked Olympic press center TVs offline and forced the temporary shutdown of the Pyeongchang 2018 website was tailored to be destructive. Read more...
More about Russia, Hacking, Winter Olympics, Tech, and CybersecurityOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/bWrQ4EbgPv4/
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