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Listen to “Episode #77: Olympic Destroyer of the DarkNet Diaries podcast which can be found at https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/77/Links to an external site.
Based on the podcast, answer the following questions.
Explain the process used by the IT Staff with the help of AhnLab to defeat the Malware.
With the help of AhnLab, they isolate and create signatures for the malware to defeat it. They
also reset everyone’s password to ensure the hackers had no access to the systems. The It
staff and Ahn Labs also rebuilt the servers from backup and restarted the system to get it
working again.
What individual or group was responsible for the strike against the Olympic Operating Systems,
and what was their motive?
The Russian Government was responsible for the strike against the Olympic Operating
Systems. The name of the group that hacked the Olympic Operating Systems is called
Sandworm. Sandworm also tried to make it seem like it was the North Korean group Lazurus
that hacked the Olympics. Sandworm’s motive for hacking the Olympics was to undermine the
games due to Russia being banned for doping.
What was the name of the Threat Intelligence Team that gave the worm the name “Olympic
Destroyer?
Kaspersky Lab is the name of the Threat Intelligence Team that gave the worm the name
Olympic Destroyer.
What was the specific component that Sandworm was targeting at the Olympics?
Sandworm was targeting the timekeeping at the Olympics. As said in the podcast, it means that
Russia wanted to target the games as a whole and possibly change the results in the sports
categories in the Olympics.