In the UK GRU defendant and the targeting of "officers, logistics services, and the sponsors' in the games. That is scheduled for 2020, and extend the competition in Tokyo in July from a pandemic.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned the GRU actions in "the strongest possible terms," calling the unit "cynical and reckless" in a statement published on Monday.
The accused said that the body of targeting Russian Paralympic Games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and South Korea and cyberattacks.
"In the UK first be confirmed by GRU targeting this far in the Paralympic Games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea" from the government said.
"The cyber GRU unit's effort for the North Korean and kept herself to be targeted at the opening ceremony, with Chinese hackers to 2018 winter games."
The UK's National Cyber Security Center is a certain momentum, and credit intended to sabotage the games are being used malware "was designed to disable and wipe data from computers and networks."
In the UK added charge was announced in the US major said Monday.
The US Department of Justice had received from the Russian point to be settled in six captains of the soldiers, in which there was described the, from a number of the former is greater than the power of the attack of the Soviet republics, and foreign to the captain of the dwell as it were utterly vicious scheme.
The alleged cyberattackers GRU and members, who are guilty of making cyberattacks winter games in 2018.
US government officials said the leaders were hacked into destructive malware software rather than using computers, and he blacked out thousands of nearly $ 2 billion in losses I.
The Russian government efforts to support attacks intended to undermine, to retaliate or other computer networks worldwide destabilize, the US Department of Justice said.
Popular target for cybercriminals in the Olympics.
In 2016 Russian Anti-Doping Agency Forum broke the world through a database created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the Summer Games in Rio. Stealing American athletes as a group with information about the star Venus Williams and Simon bile.
In response to a widening range of host countries and the threats of the IOC ramped up cybersecurity efforts have in recent years.
On Tuesday called the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, said that he sees cyber security aspects of hosting the Games is very important. "
"Although we can not disclose the details of countermeasures due to the nature of the material is not present and continue to work with relevant organizations and authorities is completely implemented," he added.
Tokyo Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said Katsunobu in close cooperation with the UK and the US issues that do not pretend malicious cyber attacks that would shake the foundations of democracy in practice. "