Olympics face serious risk of malicious cyber activity

The Olympic Games begin next week in Paris and cybersecurity company WithSecure is warning that they face a greater risk of cyberattack than ever due to the current state of geopolitical uncertainty. As the world's biggest sporting event, the Olympics draws potential attacks from both criminal and nation-state threat actors, with various objectives and capabilities. 'We strongly believe that the Paris Olympics will face a greater threat of malicious cyber activity than previous Olympics,' says Tim West, director of threat intelligence and outreach at WithSecure. “Hacktivists aligned with states that are pro-Russia will almost certainly try to disrupt the Olympics… [Continue Reading]