Olympics Irresistible to Cyber Crime

[Bojingles]

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The start of the Olympics has proved irresistible to cyber criminals, say security firms.
The volume of junk e-mail messages with an Olympic theme spiked prior to the opening ceremony, said Symantec.
The malicious messages try to trick people into visiting fake sites or opening booby-trapped e-mail attachments, say other firms.
Some messages falsely claim users have won an Olympic lottery and encourage them to respond to claim their prize.
Hack attack
"The Beijing Olympics is gearing up to be one of the biggest events of the year and hackers and spammers will see it as a massive opportunity to compromise the unwary," said Con Mallom, a spokesman for Symantec.

Looks like Symantec was prepared at least! I wonder how many people fell for the ploy and are now having their identity stolen now.

More here BBC NEWS | Technology | Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

[Craig]

not only that, but imagine how many people are trying to hack into the olympic village machines. there's got to be a ton of secure data flying back and forth as people stay in Bejing but still live their lives thousands of miles away. Paying bills, sending money xfers, ect.

[realged13]

You mean Symantec is actually doing something useful? I hate all of their products but at least they make theirselves look good.

[Tyrant]

Great friggin' pic. I want one of those bikes.