The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an important warning ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will begin in Beijing on Feb. The bureau warned Olympic athletes and participants not to bring their personal phones with them.
Lastly, the Winter Olympics, held in Gangwon, South Korea in 2018, are back again this year. The 2022 leg of the Olympics, which is held every four years, will be held in Beijing, the capital of China. As preparations continue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will start on February 4 and end on February 20, today, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) An important warning has come.
The FBI has issued a frightening warning that massive cyberattacks could occur during the 2022 Winter Olympics. With this warning, the Bureau warns athletes and other participants leave their personal phonessuggested that they attend the event with phones that they can use temporarily instead. The reason for this was the potential risks such as data hijacking by possible cyber attacks. The FBI’s statement on the matter was as follows:
“Use temporary phone”
“The FBI urges all athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and use a temporary phone during the Games. National Olympic Committees in some Western countries also advise their athletes to leave their personal devices at home or use temporary phones due to cybersecurity concerns at the Games.”
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It’s actually quite normal for the FBI to warn about the cybersecurity threat at the Winter Olympics. Because, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Olympics official service provider NTT Corporations, during the event, the total More than 450 million cyber attacks announced that he had come. But none of these attacks were successful thanks to security measures. The most popular methods used in the attacks were malware, email scams, phishing and fake websites and broadcast platforms.