Japan Expects Russian Cyberattacks on Tokyo Summer Olympics

According to Masatoshi Fujitani, president of the Tokyo-based Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (JFSS), the Summer Olympics in Tokyo are likely be the targeted by cyberattacks. Based on E Hacking News, the attacks are going to be originating from Russia. Mr. Fujitani, a former senior police official in Japan, published an article in the online newspaper JB Press, based on the background of the hacker group DarkSide, which was allegedly involved in the attack on the largest U.S. gasoline pipeline, the Colonial Pipeline, and is linked to Russia.  The Japanese expert states "In Japan, we have already started training "white hackers" and creating government hacker organizations". The JFSS Director calls on developed countries such as Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom to take immediate action in partnership with public and commercial trade groups...