Olympic Organizers Investigating Possible Cyberattack

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Unexplained technical issues caused a major outage ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.

Published Feb. 10 2018 10:27AM EST

180210-south-korea-olympics-cyber-cheat_trhm9g — Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Organizers of the Pyeonchang Winter Olympics say they are investigating a possible attack on their internet and Wi-Fi systems that triggered an outage ahead of the opening ceremony Friday.

Olympic Organizers Investigating Possible Cyberattack

Unexplained technical issues caused a major outage ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.

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