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The UK government said today that Russian hackers were preparing cyber-attacks against the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games that were set to take place this summer in Japan before they were postponed to next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Russian activity involved reconnaissance operations, according to a press release from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Targets included the Games' organizers, logistics services, and sponsors, the UK government said in a separate press release.
"The GRU's actions against the Olympic and Paralympic Games are cynical and reckless," said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
"We condemn them in the strongest possible terms."
UK authorities believe Russian hackers intended to sabotage the Olympic Games, similar to the cyber-attacks they carried out against the organizers of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
In February 2018, Russian hackers deployed the OlympicDestroyer malware that crippled web servers during the opening ceremony of th ..
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