Racing Fox to the bottom.An NBC report claims that any visiting American’s computer or mobile device would be hacked almost immediately at the Olympics.
To investigate the cyber-threat, NBC news Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel partnered with security expert Kyle Wilhoit. Together they used two fresh computers and a laptop, which, the report said, were hacked within 24 hours of operation in Russia.
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The report said “American athletes and fans are entering a minefield the moment they log in to the internet” in Russia, and suggested leaving all digital devices at home.
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The experiment (conducted in Moscow, not in Sochi) apparently was meant to test the threat posed by Olympics-related websites in Russia’s .ru internet domain to inexperienced users. This threat, however, doesn’t depend on the physical location of the computer exposed.
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Wilhoit, the expert cited by the NBC report who did all the technical work for the hacking experiment, is currently is writing a whitepaper on it.
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“A line from the paper: ‘In this case, he would have been hit in Russia; just the same way he would if in Philadelphia,’” Wilhoit tweeted.
In his opinion, the essence of his findings is as follows: “If you’re a stupid user, don't patch your shit, and click on Olympic themed sites and randomly click ‘yes’, ur good.”
RT
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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