London 2012 authorities got cyber-attack warning on eve of Games
Source: The Guardian
The security services warned the Olympic authorities about a potential cyber-attack on their power supply days before the Games opening ceremony, the Guardian has learned.
The warning is believed to have led to an urgent check on a backup system and test whether it could take the massive strain from the Olympics lighting and communications networks.
The home secretary, Theresa May, earlier this year specifically warned of the possibility of attacks on the Olympics by terrorists stressing in particular the threat from what she called "hacktivists".
A successful attack on the computerised power system would have caused chaos, stopped the ceremony, and blocked all communications.
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