Athens organisers worry about hackers

Athens - Security officials for the Athens Olympics are working on plans to counter a possible hacker attack on key infrastructure during the Games in August, a Greek newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Nea daily said electronic security experts became concerned by a message in a US computer magazine asking hackers if they had found a way to interfere during the Athens Olympics. "Theoretically, there are opportunities for them to act," the newspaper quoted a police source as saying. "We need to be alert and co-operate with other countries and with the specialist electronic crime unit".

The newspaper added that electronic scoreboards, traffic lights, utilities and air traffic networks were high on the list of possible targets that security experts would try to make hacker-proof before the Games.

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