Russian hackers have disrupted each of the Olympic Games since 2016. In a public alert released Monday, the FBI said it is “not aware of any specific cyber threat against these Olympics, but encourages partners to remain vigilant.”
a mass email service to pump out phishing emails to athletes. They sent fake government warnings of earthquakes to companies that were involved in running the Games.
The GRU’s malicious program, seemingly written from scratch to make it more difficult to trace, “was absolutely an attempt to screw things up,” said Craig Williams, the director of outreach at the cybersecurity company Talos, which was the first to identify the program. “I think there’s an even chance,” said John Hultquist, the director of threat intelligence at the cybersecurity company Mandiant.
It’s possible that the Tokyo Games are already disrupted enough by the coronavirus that Russia won’t be interested. Many in Japan are opposed to hosting the Games during a pandemic; spectators are banned for fear of spreading the disease. Russia may leave it alone this year, Hultquist said.
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