Eurovision: fear of a cyber attack, “main concern” of the BBC

“There are so many contingency plans.” Eurovision is ready to face prorussian hackers who might be tempted to sabotage the public vote this Saturday night. The risk of a cyberattack is the “primary concern” of broadcasters who organize the competitionsaid a BBC executive.

Experts from the National Cyber ​​Security Center have been mobilized to help thwart any attempt prorussian hackers. “I don’t want to say we’re immune to attack, but we’ve done everything we can to make sure the event is as safe as possible, so people don’t have to worry. “, explained the director of the programs of the BBC Kate Phillips evoking a” very large number of contingency plans “.

Hacking attempts in 2022

Enhanced security with the war in Ukraine, and the country’s victory last year. “Cyberattacks are the main source of concern because they are more and more frequent. We are very aware that we are exposed to a cyberattack, but I think that everything we have done makes it possible to mitigate this risk”, tried to reure Kate Phillips.

“The threat is to be taken into account because an attack would have a visible impact for millions of viewers and would attack a European symbol”, points out François Deruty, director of operations of the cybersecurity company Sekoia.io. “But it is technically easier to deface the BBC site or to carry out denial of service attacks to make it accessible than to attack the broadcast of the program which had to be solidly secured” notes-t- -he.