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will take place on July 26, and athletes from more than 200 countries will participate. Russian athletes will be among the 10,000 taking part in various events, but the war in Ukraine means they cannot officially represent Russia itself. Cybersecurity experts have predicted, however, that Russia will likely be among the biggest winners in the unofficial Olympic sport of hacking.and concluded, with high confidence, that Russian threat groups pose the highest risk when it comes to cybersecurity.
Mandiant is not alone in beliveing that Russa could pose a significant threat to Olympic Games security. Tim West, director of threat intelligence at WithSecure, formerly F-Secure Business, believes that the Paris Olympics will “face a greater threat of malicious cyber activity than previous Olympics," and also points the finger in the direction of Russia. “Hacktivists aligned with states that are pro-Russia will almost certainly try to disrupt the Olympics in some way,” West said.
The Olympics is a “unique confluence of governmental leaders, major corporate executives, celebrities, and ultra-high-net-worth billionaires,” former FBI Special Agent Jason Hogg, a cyber-risk analytics expert and managing partner at the Matunuck Group, warned in an email conversation regarding security at the forthcoming games.
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