Wimbledon fears: Russian hackers will try to disrupt the scoreboard
Tournament organizers fear retaliation for removing Russian and Belarusian tennis players, IBM tries to reassure and claims ready for any scenario
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10/06/2022
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At Wimbledon there are strong fears of cyber attacks by Russian hackers that will disrupt the scoreboards during the tournament.
As you may recall, the Russian and Belarusian tennis players will not be allowed to participate in this year's tournament due to the invasion of Ukraine and now there are grave fears of a revenge attack.
The tournament announced a total prize of £ 40.35 million in this year's tournament with a loss in the first round worth £ 50,000 and thus trying to pull the tennis players from the top to the tournament, which as mentioned will not give ranking points due to the suspension of the Russians and Belarusians.
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Wimbledon fear of disruption (Photo: GettyImages, Shaun Botterill)
This suspension has raised fears among tournament organizers of cyber attacks, as Russian hackers have done to sports organizations after athletes from the country were suspended from sports competitions in 2016.
The big fear is that Russian hackers will break into the scoring systems and disrupt the results during games.
IBM, which manages the tournament's computer systems, said it blocks millions of attempts to disrupt the tournament each year.
The company is convinced that they can handle any attempt to disrupt the system, which drives results, game boards and statistics.
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