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Got the opportunity to be a part of INTERPOL's Joint Task Force, which was deployed to support the French authorities with securing the cyber aspect of the Paris Olympics 2024. The purpose of the Joint Task Force was to link INTERPOL’s specialized units and French authorities for the real-time exchange of vital information regarding criminal activities such as Cybercrime, Organized crime, and Terrorist threats, as well as support the French police in strengthening border controls and identifying falsified travel documents. This was the first time the INTERPOL Cybercrime Directorate deployed an officer on the ground for major event monitoring. During the course of the Paris Olympics, 105 intelligence reports were delivered covering Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Cyber-intelligence aspects. These Cyber Activity Reports (CARs) initially included vulnerabilities found in official Paris Olympics websites. Later, the reports included information on database breaches, phishing sites, DDoS attacks, fake ticketing sites, unofficial Olympic merchandise-selling sites, malicious apps, cryptocurrency scams that used the Paris 2024 Olympics as a marketing tool, event sabotaging attempts picked up on social media, and illegal streaming sites. Open-source intelligence was provided upon the request by NCB Paris on several threat actors during the event who made violent threats at the event and players. The surface web, social media, and the dark net forums were monitored while generating these intelligence products. Further, INTERPOL's Gateway partners - Group-IB Trend Micro, Kaspersky and Fortinet along with ad-hoc private partners such as SecurityScorecard, Uppsala Security and S2W Inc. provided valuable intelligence for the CARs. #Paris2024

Wow! Time flies! Super happy with my 1 year anniversary swag from SecurityScorecard \😄/ Thank you for the gifts! #celebrate #ssc #cybersecurity #swag

Got the opportunity to be a part of INTERPOL's Joint Task Force, which was deployed to support the French authorities with securing the cyber aspect of the Paris Olympics 2024. The purpose of the Joint Task Force was to link INTERPOL’s specialized units and French authorities for the real-time exchange of vital information regarding criminal activities such as Cybercrime, Organized crime, and Terrorist threats, as well as support the French police in strengthening border controls and identifying falsified travel documents. This was the first time the INTERPOL Cybercrime Directorate deployed an officer on the ground for major event monitoring. During the course of the Paris Olympics, 105 intelligence reports were delivered covering Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and Cyber-intelligence aspects. These Cyber Activity Reports (CARs) initially included vulnerabilities found in official Paris Olympics websites. Later, the reports included information on database breaches, phishing sites, DDoS attacks, fake ticketing sites, unofficial Olympic merchandise-selling sites, malicious apps, cryptocurrency scams that used the Paris 2024 Olympics as a marketing tool, event sabotaging attempts picked up on social media, and illegal streaming sites. Open-source intelligence was provided upon the request by NCB Paris on several threat actors during the event who made violent threats at the event and players. The surface web, social media, and the dark net forums were monitored while generating these intelligence products. Further, INTERPOL's Gateway partners - Group-IB Trend Micro, Kaspersky and Fortinet along with ad-hoc private partners such as SecurityScorecard, Uppsala Security and S2W Inc. provided valuable intelligence for the CARs. #Paris2024

Following this news from former President Donald Trump’s campaign that some of its internal communications had been hacked, Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard assesses the implications for the democratic process. While it is uncertain as to who was behind the attack, Yampolskiy thinks the most likely source are rogue states. He notes: “Foreign state actors and adversaries will inevitably try to infiltrate political campaigns. Therefore, adopting a resilience – instead of robustness – mindset is essential.” Despite the continued bombardment of business and political systems, Yampolskiy says there are measures that can be put in place to help to repel such attacks and to minimise the associated risks. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ePDC_JFj #security #elections