The director of technology and information systems for the Tokyo Olympics, Marie-Rose Bruno, stated that “eight to ten times more” cyberattacks were anticipated.
The French government’s cyber security agency issued a warning on Thursday, stating that ransomware assaults during the forthcoming Olympic Games in Paris are “inevitable.”
For the past two years, French officials have been getting ready to defend against an unprecedented volume of cyberattacks during the July 26–27 Olympic Games in Paris.
Threats from a wide range of sources could include criminal organizations, nations eager to derail the Games, like Russia, “hacktivists” with political aspirations, or gamblers.
Although the government’s cyber security agency, Anssi, stated that it was “unrealistic” to anticipate that all attacks would be prevented, it did express confidence that security teams would be able to handle the threat of such attacks.
“It’s absolutely certain and inevitable that ransomware attacks will occur during the games,” the agency said. “And statistically, there is a high chance that ransomware attacks will affect actors who will be involved in the games.”
By taking advantage of security holes, ransomware encrypts and locks down computer systems, then demands a ransom from an individual or an organization to unlock them.
The aim, said Anssi, is “to ensure that most attacks fail and that we react quickly and effectively to attacks that we cannot avoid, in order to limit their impact.”
Anssi and the interior ministry are principally in charge of thwarting such attacks, with assistance from the defense ministry’s cyber defense division (Comcyber).
Cyberattacks have historically frequently targeted the Olympic Games.
450 million similar operations were reported by the organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed due to a pandemic. This number is double that of the London Olympics in 2012.
The director of technology and information systems for the Tokyo Olympics, Marie-Rose Bruno, stated that “eight to ten times more” cyberattacks were anticipated.
Anssi also issued a warning regarding potential denial-of-service assaults from different activist organizations hoping to use the Olympics to further their agenda.
“Another thing that’s almost a certainty is everything to do with activism, groups that vary greatly in nature, all of whom have messages pro something or against something, who are there to make noise, to create a buzz,” the agency said.
These groups “don’t do very serious things because their main modus operandi is denial of service,” Anssi said, adding that those attacks would not have any long-term “destructive effect.”
“But this kind of thing is obviously visible,” the agency said.
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