Winter Olympics organisers confirm cyberattack
Organisers of the Pyeongchang Olympics have confirmed that the Games suffered a cyberattack during the opening ceremony, which took place on 9th February. They however refused to reveal the source of the attack. "At the moment we're making sure our systems are secure, which they are...discussing the details of it are not helpful," said Mark Adams, the spokesman for IOC (International Olympic Committee).
Outage during opening ceremony of Games
The opening ceremony of 2018 Winter Olympics was attached by hackers. The incident lasted around 20 minutes impacting Internet and television services in the media center. Officials briefly shut down the servers causing the official website to go offline temporarily. This caused a lot of trouble for the spectators, who were unable to print their reservations, until the site was back online.
Warning ahead of the games
There were warnings from security experts around the world about possible cyber security threats targeting the Winter Olympics. Russian hackers were expected to hit with cyber attack in retaliation to the ban on Russia at the Olympics for doping. Russian foreign ministry denied the country had anything to with the attacks and said that there was no real evidence.
Preliminary hacking ahead of the games
In the days leading up to the Winter Olympics, more than 300 Olympics-related computer systems were already hit, many of which were compromised, according to security company McAfee. This was described as a preliminary hacking campaign.
