British Government Russian intelligence attacks Tokyo tournament officials Cyber attack October 20, 7:50
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Russian intelligence men with repeated cyberattacks on government agencies, businesses and organizations in each country.
The British government also claims that the intelligence agency was also attacking officials at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which was postponed next year.
The US Justice Ministry announced on the 19th that it has indicted six men from Russian intelligence agencies for conducting cyber attacks on governments, companies and organizations in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
From 2015 to last year, the six broke into the system of a Ukrainian power company and brought down the power grid, attempted unauthorized access to information from political party officials in French elections, and American medical institutions. It is said that it attacked a computer system and caused damage of more than 100 billion yen in Japanese yen.
In addition, a large-scale cyber attack was carried out at the Pyeongchang Olympics held in South Korea, and the data on the computer system of the Organizing Committee was erased, obstructing the operation of the tournament.
The British government, which cooperated with the investigation, also revealed that the Russian intelligence agency was also conducting a cyberattack on the people involved in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which was postponed next year.
The specific details of the attack have not been disclosed, but it is said that the targets were related organizations and sponsors of the Olympic Games.
The US government has said that it is "the most destructive cyber attack by one organization," and is increasing its vigilance against Russia's cyber attacks.