Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-02-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Physical Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirm that the Games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday's opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source. US intelligence the attack was carried by Russia while trying to make it appear as though North Korea was responsible.