Remember the IT company hacking episode that kicked off the 2018 Winter Games?
Well, The Washington Post is now reporting it was not North Korea, despite that country's well-known hacking efforts.
Instead, it was allegedly Russia, trying to make it look like North Korea, in what is called a "false flag" operation.
And just like that, the plot thickens.
CNet has an explanation of the possible motive:
"Security researchers who analyzed the data said the cyberattack was meant to cause chaos, and wasn't driven by espionage or financial gains.
With Russia the apparent hacker, analysts now surmise the hack was in retaliation against the International Olympic Committee for banning the Russian team from the Winter Games for doping violations, according to the Post."
And here's something that will make you wonder. Russia actually predicted, days before the hack, that the country would get blamed for hacking the Olympics. Here's what Russia's foreign ministry told Reuters:
"We know that Western media are planning pseudo-investigations on the theme of 'Russian fingerprints' in hacking attacks on information resources related to the hosting of the Winter Olympics Games in the Republic of Korea. Of course, no evidence will be presented to the world.”
And that is something we could use more of in this case: evidence.
Perhaps now that the PyeongChang Olympics are over, the International Olympic Committee will offer some.
SecureWorld will let you know if that happens.