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Assessing Threats to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics

Olympic events are high-budget, high-profile convergences of elite athletes and global media organizations that tend to carry inherently geopolitical undertones. As such, they can be seen as appealing targets for various cyber and physical adversaries motivated by financial or political gain. The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea are no exception, with the precarious geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula and the complex dynamics of the Korean-language underground exacerbating security concerns.

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February 19, 2018