How the World Cup Plays Out Among Hackers (axios.com) 28
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.
betting firms... (Score:2)
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 ?
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And Moxie Marlinspike is a CDN expert (Score:2)
Re:Oh, so fucking what. (Score:4, Funny)
This isn't the kind of "football" the New England Patriots play.
Re: A popular sports... for real. (Score:2, Insightful)
LoL nobody gives a flying fuck.
Cricket, however.. now there is a game!
So... Children (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?
Bot-written news? (Score:2)