London Olympics officials prepare for cyber attacks
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 26/07/2012 20:53
Cyber security experts for the Summer Games expect the number of hacking attempts to easily surpass the 12 million a day during the Beijing Olympics four years ago.
As athletes compete for Olympic gold, a different group will seek international recognition -- online hackers.
Olympic security officials are bracing for an onslaught of cyber assaults that could easily surpass the 12 million attacks a day, or 500,000 an hour, that were logged during the Beijing Olympics four years ago.
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