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02-13-2018, 08:41 AM
Cybersecurity researchers say Olympics hacker aimed to embarrass
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The hot new trend in Winter Olympics (https://mashable.com/category/olympics/) fashion? Making the host country look like a chump.*
Following reports that Olympic organizers had their servers hacked during the opening ceremony (https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/olympic-opening-ceremony-hack?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), security researchers have dug into the malware responsible and come to an interesting conclusion: Embarrassment was the name of the game.*
SEE ALSO: Olympic organizers hit with hack during opening ceremony (https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/olympic-opening-ceremony-hack/)
According to Talos (http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/olympic-destroyer.html), "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 (https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/) was tailored to be destructive.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/olympic-hack-motive-destroy-embarrass/)
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The hot new trend in Winter Olympics (https://mashable.com/category/olympics/) fashion? Making the host country look like a chump.*
Following reports that Olympic organizers had their servers hacked during the opening ceremony (https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/olympic-opening-ceremony-hack?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), security researchers have dug into the malware responsible and come to an interesting conclusion: Embarrassment was the name of the game.*
SEE ALSO: Olympic organizers hit with hack during opening ceremony (https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/olympic-opening-ceremony-hack/)
According to Talos (http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/olympic-destroyer.html), "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 (https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/) was tailored to be destructive.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/olympic-hack-motive-destroy-embarrass/)
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