Paris faces cyber battle to keep Games running and real

The Olympics Rings on the Trocadero Esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Attacks could target not only the operation of the venues, but also the local rail and metro systems, the Parisian electricity and water systems, telephone networks and media covering the Games. — AFP

PARIS: The Paris Olympics are bracing themselves to fight off an unprecedented level of cyberattacks, for the first time augmented by artificial intelligence.

The kaleidescope of threats could come from criminal groups, states eager to undermine the Games, “hacktivists” with ideological ambitions, gamblers or even athletes.