Paris Olympics’ cyber team braces for onslaught from hackers

Cybersecurity officials in Paris declined to detail the range of the attacks that they have already encountered. Some recent attacks on France or related to the Games have become public. — AP

Last month, websites for a French film festival and the Grand Palais, a historic exhibition and museum complex in Paris, shut down after a cyberattack. Researchers tracked the episodes to a group of hacktivists affiliated with Russian intelligence and reported that the hackers described it as a training exercise.

“Judging by the consistency of the group’s statements, they intend to carry out large-scale attacks during the Summer Olympics in Paris,” researchers at the cybersecurity firm Cyble Inc wrote in a report.