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How the World Cup Plays Out Among Hackers (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the games-begin dept.

The World Cup began today in Russia, and hackers were watching the games. From a report: In prior years, Cybersecurity firm Akamai has seen declines in cyberattacks while the World Cup games are in play -- "at least until games are out of reach," said Patrick Sullivan, Akamai director of security technology. Once games are well in hand, attacks from the losing team's nation spike well above normal. Often, said Sullivan, that takes the form of attacks designed to take down news stories in the victor's country that tout a home-team win. Sullivan notes activists frequently use various forms of cyber attacks during major sporting events to protest the host nation -- often targeting sponsors to get their point across. He points to protestors upset with the amount of money spent in the recent Brazillian World Cup as an example.

28 comments

  1. betting firms... by johnjones · · Score: 1

    talk to a betting firm... far more interesting
    oh and the USA finally has legalised sports betting

    https://reut.rs/2JCwhg7

    what are the mobsters going to do now, own betting firms ?

    1. Re:betting firms... by olsmeister · · Score: 1, Funny

      Casinos will still be profitable. Well, unless they're owned by a certain Cheeto looking muthafucka.

    2. Re: betting firms... by olsmeister · · Score: 2

      Huh? I was talking about Steve Wynn... :)

    3. Re: betting firms... by johnsie · · Score: 2

      So glad I never had to choose between two people that stupid in my country's elections.

  2. Akamai is a cyber security firm lol? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    NT

    1. Re: Akamai is a cyber security firm lol? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hello Trumpard douchebag! Welcome to Slashdot. You've been voted down. Just like Trump.

    2. Re: Akamai is a cyber security firm lol? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeh... that shocked the hell out of me too. What exactly identified them as a security firm? They are certainly a truly impressive CDN, but why would they risk ruining their good reputation by jumping on the âoecyberâ racket?

    3. Re: Akamai is a cyber security firm lol? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They do offer DDoS protection. Maybe that's enough to qualify as cybersecurity these days.

  3. Oh, so fucking what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Unless they can hack the damn ball, I don't give a shit.

    1. Re: Oh, so fucking what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, or unless they manage to stream 4k in real time the games feed...

      Come to think of it, I guess THAT would be nice.

    2. Re:Oh, so fucking what. by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unless they can hack the damn ball, I don't give a shit.

      This isn't the kind of "football" the New England Patriots play.

    3. Re:Oh, so fucking what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's throw-ball. Padded up poofs.

    4. Re:Oh, so fucking what. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Last I checked, soccer still uses a ball, not curling stones, what the hell is your point?

  4. A popular sports... for real. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Of course they are. The vast mayority of the world are watching the Football World Cup. Real Football, not the north american thingy, because it is the real world popular sport.

    1. Re: A popular sports... for real. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      LoL nobody gives a flying fuck.

      Cricket, however.. now there is a game!

  5. So... Children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    What I got from this article is that script kiddies have no self control and can't even enjoy what is supposed to be pure entertainment without throwing a tantrum. Can't we just send them to time out?

    1. Re:So... Children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So it's cyber-hooliganism?

  6. And Moxie Marlinspike is a CDN expert by StandardCell · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the new Slashdot. Rob Malda sends his warm regards.

  7. Time to Kill Russians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Starting with Putin and his Orange American Bitch.

  8. hackers ghey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    wtf? soccer is gayer than six dudes fucking five dudes

  9. Geeks care about sports??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When did this happen??!!

  10. Bot-written news? by manu0601 · · Score: 1

    I suspect TFA was written by a bot. It contains almost no information, and just rehash stuff we heard recently: World cup, Russian hackers.

  11. You must mean crackers and script kiddies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They are the ones dealing with botnets and DDOS