Wapack Labs was asked to initiate a research
project into the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in order to monitor and identify
threats to both readers of its reporting and Olympic sponsors. The project,
which was conducted over the course of approximately one month and one week,
sought to leverage every data source that Wapack Labs possesses, including its
human collection capabilities, to provide a deeper insight into the activities
of local actors. Wapack Labs has
experience conducting research into Brazil, having both conducted another
research project during the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament (in Brazil) and
authoring a well-received comprehensive geo-political cyber threat report on
Brazil for the Financial Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center
(FS-ISAC). This experience informed both the development of Rio-specific
research approaches as well as what the expectations for the project should be.
This After-Action Report is intended to serve as a capstone
to the Rio 2016 Olympic project, highlighting both the areas of success, and
those which Wapack analysts recommend for improvement.
Publication
date: 30 August 2016
Handling
requirements: Traffic light protocol (TLP) AMBER.
Past Reporting: DOC 4226, 4224, 4211, 4199, 4207, 4202, 4190, 4194, 4191, 4185, 4182, 4168, 4167, 4123, 4172, 4160, 4163, 4162, 4112
The full attribution report has been published in its entirety in the Red Sky Alliance portal. For more information please contact the lab directly at 844-4-WAPACK, 603-606-1246, or feedback@wapacklabs.com.
About Wapack Labs
Wapack Labs, located in New Boston, NH is a Cyber Threat Analysis and Intelligence organization supporting the Red Sky Alliance, the FS-ISAC and individual organizations by offering expert level targeted intelligence analysis answering some of the hardest questions in Cyber. Wapack Labs’ engineers, researchers and analysts use deep analysis techniques and visualization to design and deliver transformational cyber-security analysis tools that fuse open source and proprietary information. The intelligence derived from these tools and techniques serve as the foundation of Wapack Labs’ information reporting to the cyber-security teams of its customers and industry partners located around the world.
