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Hackers aren’t the problem at Sochi, surveillance is

08

Feb

2014

Olympics-bound NBC News reporter Richard Engel gets off the plane in Sochi and steps into a fog of malware, Wi-Fi honeypots and sinister auto-downloads. Rushing to turn off his Wi-Fi and freeze his banking apps, he barely escapes with his checking account intact. The reporter was in Moscow, more than 1,000 miles away from Sochi. […]

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NBC’s Claim That You Will Be Immediately Hacked in Sochi Could Be Totally False

07

Feb

2014

NBC may be the latest culprit in disseminating fake “crazy Sochi,” stories, according to one cyber security firm, which claims that the news outlet’s recent report on hacking in Sochi is pretty much totally false. This week, NBC aired a segment of Richard Engel allegedly showing his computer being hacked upon connecting to the Internet […]

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Visitors to Sochi Olympics Will Be Instantly Hacked

05

Feb

2014

Richard Engel watches as his phone gets totally owned. Proving yet again what a fabulous idea it was to stage the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, NBC has discovered that all the Games’ attendees can expect to immediately get hacked as soon as they get to Sochi. “The State Department warned that travelers should have […]

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