Hackers already targeting Pyeongchang Olympics: researchers

This picture taken on December 28, 2017 in Gangneung shows venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics including Gangneung Ice Arena (L), Gangneung Oval (C) and Gangneung Hockey Centre (bottom R). Thousands of avid speed skating fans will pack the futuristic Gangneung Oval for the Olympic tournament next month. But afterwards one suggestion is for the cavernous steel-grey structure to host frozen fish. / AFP PHOTO / Yelim LEE

WASHINGTON: Hackers have already begun targeting the Pyeongchang Olympic Games with malware-infected e-mails which may be aimed at stealing passwords or financial information, researchers said. 

The security firm McAfee said in a report that several organizations associated with the Olympics had received the malicious email with the primary target being groups affiliated with ice hockey.