PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA — The Pyeongchang Olympics had been plagued by numerous cyber attacks well before the opening ceremony, and it seems the hackers are only just getting started.<br /><br />As millions tune in to see the 2018 Winter Olympics, security experts warn that malicious scams and cyber crimes may be on the rise, according to the New York Times.<br /><br />McAfee researchers told Wired that hackers believed to be from North Korea sent out phishing emails to Olympic-related organizations, with codes hidden in attached Word documents programmed to install spyware.<br /><br />Members of Russian cyber espionage group Fancy Bear have also accessed private emails from Olympic agencies and leaked them online, supposedly as evidence of doping in Western countries.<br /><br />According to experts, the worst case scenario would be if hackers tried to tamper with a venue's electronic system, or an event's results.<br /><br />Currently protecting the Olympics is a team of cyber security analysts, who are monitoring any potential threats. Whether or not this will be enough to deter cyber criminals, however, is still uncertain.
