The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics organizing committee confirmed to Yonhap News Agency that some Olympic systems were hacked during the Opening Ceremonies on Friday.
The website for the games went offline and people who had purchased tickets were unable to print them for about 12 hours. TVs in the main media center were also taken down.
And while the organizing committee confirmed the hack, they also downplayed it during questioning at a press conference:
"We know the cause of that problem, but [these kinds] of issues occur very frequently during the Olympic Games," PyeongChang organizing committee spokesman Sung Baik-you said.
"We have decided with the IOC that we are not going to reveal the source, all issues were resolved and recovered...."
Techradar also quotes the International Olympic Committee's head of communication Mark Adams as not wanting to not give any credit to hackers: “At the moment we are making sure our systems are secure, which they are, so discussing details of it is not helpful.”
Many also speculated that Intel's army of more than 1,200 drones was grounded by hackers—which lead NBC to use a prerecorded version of the drones from rehearsal during its tape delayed broadcast of the opening ceremonies.
However, the organizing committee told recode that the drones were grounded after "impromptu logistical changes" because too many spectators were reportedly standing underneath where the drones would have flown.
Either way, it's clear that cyber already is "an event" at this year's winter games.
