Protecting the Paris Games from cyberattacks

As the Paris Olympics get underway, teams of IT experts have been thinking about one thing for months, and it’s not the sports. It’s the possibility of a disruptive cyberattack.

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As the Paris Olympics get underway, teams of IT experts are thinking about one thing, and it’s not the sports. It’s the possibility of a disruptive cyberattack. NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin joins us now. Hi, Jenna.

JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.

CHANG: OK. so I don’t think I’m the only one who’s been thinking a lot about last week’s CrowdStrike outage and what an impact it had. Like, I

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