Sporting chancers Cyber security at international sporting events

摘要

1.High-profile sporting events such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games represent attractive targets for hacking groups seeking to cause disruption or undertake profile-raising cyber attacks. 2.Specific threats have been made against the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia and the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, although the actual threat posed to the running of such events is largely mitigated by robust security measures. 3.A dynamic that could well create a greater threat to major events in the future comes from state-backed cyber activity, with recent examples from Iran, North Korea, and Syria illustrating the greater capabilities of hacking groups with at least some form of state backing.