As the global sports calendar turns its pages to the eagerly awaited Olympic Games in Paris and the EURO 2024 Cup in Germany, an ominous shadow threatens to tarnish these spectacles. The trend of cyber attacks on sports events has escalated dramatically, with a 20-fold increase in attacks on the Olympics from 2012 to 2021, culminating in a staggering 4.4 billion attacks during the Tokyo games. Similarly, the 2022 World Cup witnessed an influx of phishing emails, underscoring a rising tide of cyber threats that the sports world must confront. A survey conducted by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre […]
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