PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea targeted by unidentified hackers

The opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea was the target of a cyber attack by unidentified hackers, the PyeongChang Organising Committee said on 10 February. [caption id=“attachment_3444748” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Thinkstock[/caption] The attack on the servers of the organisers of the Games led to malfunctions that disrupted the Main Press Center, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games (POCOG), Efe news reported. The organisation had to shut down the servers and its website from late 9 February until early 10 February in the wake of the attack, during which time spectators were unable to print their tickets during the outage, according to the POCOG.