Security News > 2020 > October > UK Says Russia Launched Cyberattacks Against 2020 Olympic, Paralympic Games
The United Kingdom on Monday exposed and condemned cyberattacks that the Russian military intelligence service GRU allegedly launched against organizations involved in the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games that were set to take place in Tokyo this summer, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, the United States announced charges against six officers of the GRU, which is also said to have orchestrated the cyberattacks on the PyeongChang Winter Olympics with the Olympic Destroyer malware.
On Monday, the UK officially accused the GRU of launching malicious cyber-operations targeting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the now-postponed 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
According to the NCSC, the 2018 attack was meant to sabotage the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games through the use of malware meant to disable computers and networks and wipe data.
"The GRU's actions against the Olympic and Paralympic Games are cynical and reckless. We condemn them in the strongest possible terms. The UK will continue to work with our allies to call out and counter future malicious cyber-attacks," British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.