Saturday 8 February 2014

Hackers aren't the problem at Sochi, surveillance is

Hackers aren't the problem at Sochi, surveillance is
Feb 8th 2014, 14:00, by Russell Brandom

It was a story too good to check. Olympics-bound NBC News reporter Richard Engel gets off the plane in Sochi and steps into a fog of malware, Wi-Fi honeypots and sinister auto-downloads. Within minutes, his phone is compromised. Rushing to turn off his Wi-Fi and freeze his banking apps, he barely escapes with his checking account intact. To an innocent viewer, the message is clear enough: the Russian internet is no place for the weak.
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