"There are growing concerns the cyber-attack was Russian in origin, and was a response to the fact the Russian Olympic committee was banned from the games in December – along with nearly 200 Russian athletes – because of state-sponsored doping at the games in Sochi in 2014."
Sounds like paranoia.
"Pyeongchang 2018 spokesperson Sung Baik-you refused to confirm the country behind the attack but said: “There was a cyber-attack and the server was updated yesterday during the day and we have the cause of the problem."
Why not give the proof to the people?
"“We are taking secure operations and, in line with best practice, we’re not going to comment on the issue because it is an issue that we are dealing with,” he said."
Wait, didn't they just say it was Russian or not?
"“We don’t reveal details in public because actually at the moment, we are making sure that our systems are secure, which they are, so discussing details is not helpful,” he said. “But we will have a full report and, I guess, it will be made public.”"
Okay, I'm still confused, they don't give out details but told us it was Russian? Who is lying here? Do they think it was Russian or id the media just jumping to conclusions like usual?
The only fact available here is that the internet went down at the Olympic grounds for a period of time. Nothing in the article about any sort of data leaks. If there was a "cyber-attack", it was a simple denial of service, not any sort of security breach, no scary videos being displayed on the televisions, etc.
Now, what seems more reasonable to you:
* The people responsible for handling internet services at the Olympic games were not prepared for the amount of traffic around the opening ceremonies, thus service returned after the opening ceremony.
* This was actually a DDoS, a deliberate attack by some nation-state seeking petty retribution, but they only wanted to do it during the opening ceremony.
Anyone who is not skeptical-by-default of anti-Russian stories in Western media has completely jumped the shark. If I was running the Olympics, the sole purpose of which is to display my country in a positive light, I'd certainly be looking for any excuse to cover up my incompetence. Much easier to say you're being "cyber-attacked" than it is to own up to the fact that you did a bad job ensuring that the Olympic grounds would have stable internet.
Having not read the article and based on your comment alone: Could there have been a successful or in-progress content/data breach that was mitigated by pulling the plug entirely?
Especially for Koreans. They are HUGE on saving face. They’d never admit. Given that they are being portrayed as tech savvy and advanced nation in terms of internet.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 28.1 ms ] threadSounds like paranoia.
"Pyeongchang 2018 spokesperson Sung Baik-you refused to confirm the country behind the attack but said: “There was a cyber-attack and the server was updated yesterday during the day and we have the cause of the problem."
Why not give the proof to the people?
"“We are taking secure operations and, in line with best practice, we’re not going to comment on the issue because it is an issue that we are dealing with,” he said."
Wait, didn't they just say it was Russian or not?
"“We don’t reveal details in public because actually at the moment, we are making sure that our systems are secure, which they are, so discussing details is not helpful,” he said. “But we will have a full report and, I guess, it will be made public.”"
Okay, I'm still confused, they don't give out details but told us it was Russian? Who is lying here? Do they think it was Russian or id the media just jumping to conclusions like usual?
Now, what seems more reasonable to you:
* The people responsible for handling internet services at the Olympic games were not prepared for the amount of traffic around the opening ceremonies, thus service returned after the opening ceremony.
* This was actually a DDoS, a deliberate attack by some nation-state seeking petty retribution, but they only wanted to do it during the opening ceremony.
Anyone who is not skeptical-by-default of anti-Russian stories in Western media has completely jumped the shark. If I was running the Olympics, the sole purpose of which is to display my country in a positive light, I'd certainly be looking for any excuse to cover up my incompetence. Much easier to say you're being "cyber-attacked" than it is to own up to the fact that you did a bad job ensuring that the Olympic grounds would have stable internet.
The anti-Russian narrative and propaganda is getting old.