Comments on: The Cost of Security During the Olympics http://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/the-cost-of-security-during-the-olympics/ Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: @VanceFitzgerald http://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/the-cost-of-security-during-the-olympics/#comment-608509 @VanceFitzgerald Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:50:14 +0000 http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=70175#comment-608509 Good stuff Ian. Similar to your points – this is a fascinating read on the scale and scope of the potential risks:

NBC, Google, Stage “War Games” To Prepare for London Olympic Disruptions – The CIO Report – WSJ
http://mobile.blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/07/02/nbc-google-stage-war-games-to-prepare-for-olympic-disruptions/

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a bulletin in May warning companies that hackers, motivated by “ideological or financial objectives,” may attempt to disrupt coverage of the games. Companies and individuals in China were subjected to 12 million hacker attacks a day during the 2008 Olympics, the report said.

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