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The Olympics extends an invitation to nations across the globe to perform on the world’s stage.
Keep reading, and I’ll dig into the whys and hows.
Identifying the threats
Cyberattacks targeting the Olympics aren’t a new thing.
It all sounds very James Bond, but there’s a very grounded reason behind the motivation.
It’ll be billions, at least.
The hacktivists' weapon of choice is the humble distributed-denial-of-service(DDoS) attack.
Hacktivists aren’t above leveraging AI to get around traditional defenses and wreak havoc, too.
The aim behind all of this?
AI can do this en masse.
French authorities identified 338 malicious Olympic ticketing sites in June 2024 alone.
Let’s say that a hacker makes a fake ticketing or betting site with the help of AI.
Think hotels and transport, public services and logistics.
