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'Olympic Destroyer' Malware Hit Pyeongchang Ahead of Opening Ceremony

Feb 14, 20188 min
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Episode description

Russian hackers, with hardly a shred of deniability, have targeted the Pyeongchang Olympics for months in retaliation for the country's doping ban, stealing and leaking documents from Olympics-related organizations. Now a more insidious attack has surfaced, one designed not to merely embarrass, but disrupt the opening ceremonies themselves.

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