Russia accused of “false flag” attack on Olympic opening

Enlarge / Russia couldn't compete under its own flag at PyeongChang, and US officials suggest, they used a "false flag" malware attack to disrupt them. (credit: Getty Images) The cyber-attack that disrupted some networks and servers at the opening of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang left a number of conflicting forensic clues about its source. The attack used a blend of techniques, tools, and practices that blended the fingerprints of threat groups connected to North Korea, China, and Russia. But according to a report by Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post, US intelligence officials have determined with some confidence that the attack was in fact a "false flag" operation staged by individuals working on behalf of a Russian intelligence agency—an attack that went as far as to route traffic through IP addresses associated with North Korea to mask the attack's origin. In the wake of the February 9 attack, which affected web servers and…

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