Cybersecurity researchers say Olympics hacker aimed to embarrass

The hot new trend in Winter Olympics fashion? Making the host country look like a chump. 

Following reports that Olympic organizers had their servers hacked during the opening ceremony, security researchers have dug into the malware responsible and come to an interesting conclusion: Embarrassment was the name of the game. 

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According to Talos, "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 was tailored to be destructive.  Read more...

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