Russia fought off 25-million cyber attacks during World Cup
This comes hot on the heels of 12 Russian military intelligence officers on Friday being charged with hacking Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign
Moscow — Russia was the target of almost 25-million cyber attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, although he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks. "During the period of the World Cup, almost 25-million cyber attacks and other criminal acts on the information structures in Russia, linked in one way or another to the World Cup, were neutralised," Putin said during a meeting on Sunday with security services. The president, whose comments were reported by the Kremlin on Monday, gave no information on the nature or possible origins of the cyber attacks. "Behind this (World Cup) success lies huge preparatory, operational, analytical and information work, we operated at maximum capacity and concentration," said Putin. Russia, which hosted the World Cup from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities and 12 stadiums, has been repeatedly accused by Western countries of conducting cyber attacks. On Friday, 12 Russian military intelligence officers were charged with...
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