- Cyberwars begin -
The Baltic nation of Estonia was the first state hit by a massive cyberattack in 2007, paralysing key corporate and government web services for days.
Estonia blamed Moscow, with which it was mired in a diplomatic conflict, but the Kremlin denied the charge.
- First industrial target -
A powerful computer virus called Stuxnet attacked Iran s nuclear facilities in 2010 in an apparent bid to cripple the country s atomic programme.
Stuxnet hit the functioning of Iranian nuclear sites, infecting several thousand computers and blocking centrifuges used for the enrichment of uranium.
Tehran accused Israel and the US of being at the origin of the cyberattack, the first to target an entire industrial system.
Hack, disinform, deny: Russia s cybersecurity strategy
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Poppy Gustafsson, CEO of Darktrace, on Fighting Hackers During the Cybercrime Wave
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Larry Probst will step down as chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, exiting with a complicated legacy that includes restoring the federation’s international reputation while leaving it saddled with as many problems on the home front as he faced when he arrived. Probst, who announced his departure Monday, will step down at the end of the year, to be replaced. spokesman Mar 21, 2018
Within hours of curler Alexander Krushelnitsky being stripped of a bronze medal for a doping violation, the Russian Olympic Committee said it had paid a $15 million fee that was part of the criteria to have its team reinstated at the Pyeongchang Games.