The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was marked by an online attack to servers of POCOG on Friday.
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympics and Paralympics Events (PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games or POCOG) confirmed that there was an aggressive cyber behavior that caused IPTV television programs in the Press Center to malfunction, according to reports of Yonhap News.
According to the publication, POCOG stated that its servers were hit by an "unknown intruder" during the launch ceremony and that it shut down the servers (and its website) to prevent further damage.
The site, which was closed during the opening ceremony held on Friday, was reactivated at 8am local time on Saturday.
At present we do not know details, but its analyst McAfee Advanced Threat Research, Ryan Sherstobitoff reported that his team discovered a variation of malicious documents targeting the winter fights a few days before the opening ceremony.
"The document contained the same metadata properties as those used by GoldDragon and sought access to systems belonging to winter racing organizations," Sherstobitoff said.
"It is clear that the attacks βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη και είναι πιθανό να συνεχιστούν καθ ‘όλη τη διάρκεια των αγώνων. Αυτό που δεν έχει καθοριστεί ακόμη είναι εάν οι hackers those who do it do it for a reputation or if their motivations are greater ”.
