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Russia Hacked 2018 Winter Olympics

James

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Will they be banned from next year, if it happens, or Winter 2022?

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...According to the American and British authorities, operatives from Russia’s military intelligence wing unleashed a barrage of cyberattacks on the 2018 Winter Olympics and started operations against the Tokyo Games as part of a broader worldwide hacking campaignthat also included attacks on a French presidential election and Ukraine’s electricity grid...

In the Olympics hack, G.R.U. operatives sent emails to members of the International Olympic Committee, athletes and other companies posing as Olympic or South Korean government officials to trick the recipients into giving them access to key Olympic infrastructure. At one point, they hacked a company that provided time-keeping services to the Olympics, according to court papers.

With their trap set, Russian officers sent event organizers into a frenzy by targeting the opening ceremony of the Games, taking down internet access, disrupting signals, grounding broadcasters’ drones and taking down the official website, which prevented spectators from printing tickets required to attend the Games.
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Not the only thing Russia have hacked or interfered in to cause division and chaos but politics......
 

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It was Ukraine, not us.
 

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"Don't you mettle with the Olympics anymore".
 
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So, will the IOC ban Russia from Tokyo or China in 2022?
 

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