The federal cyber security agency Anssi received 119 reports between July 26 and August 11 that corresponded to low-impact “security events” where “a malicious actor” was able to attack an information system during the Olympics.
More than 140 cyberattacks were detected during the Paris Olympics, according to French police, but none of them affected the contests. This information was released on Tuesday. France’s cyber security agency had been on high alert for any assaults that might have disrupted the ticketing, transportation, or organizing committee throughout the lead-up to and during the Olympic Games.
The federal cyber security agency Anssi received 119 reports between July 26 and August 11 that corresponded to low-impact “security events” and 22 cases where “a malicious actor” was able to successfully attack an information system belonging to a victim.
Sports, transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure were among the primary targets of the strikes, according to the agency. A third of those occurrences, according to Anssi, involved downtime, with half of those caused by denial-of-service assaults meant to overload systems. Among other things, the other cyber incidents involved data exposure and attempted or real intrusions.
“All the cyber events that occurred during this period were generally characterized by their low impact,” Anssi stated. Anssi claims that although the Grand Palais, the venue for the Olympic games in Paris, and over forty other French museums fell prey to a ransomware attack in early August, none of the games’ information systems were impacted.
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. 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 Paris Olympics, Marie-Rose Bruno, had stated that he anticipated “eight to ten times more” cyberattacks than those witnessed during the Tokyo Games prior to the Games in Paris.
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