Posted on 07/28/2009 1:52:49 AM PDT by Cindy
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Olympic organisers are "very alive" to the threat of a cyber attack on the London 2012 Olympics, made more challenging because of its evolving nature, senior Interior Ministry officials said on Tuesday.
Ticketing systems, the transport network and hotel bookings as well as security are among potential targets.
Olympic security officials are also planning for the possible diversion of aircraft to protect airspace around the venues from terrorist attacks, the officials said.
The greatest threat to security at the Games is international terrorism, the government's latest "Safety and Security Strategy" report said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
London? The Olympics? OMG, what a recipe for disaster that is.
Yes.
Off [Thread] Topic, but interesting:
http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=10207
“Britain opts out of NATO cyber centre”
Friday, July 24, 2009
SNIPPET: “Britain is following the US’s lead in setting up a cyber warfare centre that is jointly run by the intelligence agencies and the military.”
what are the odds that something bad will happen?
Ticketing systems, the transport network and hotel bookings as well as security are among potential targets.
Depends on what's left of Britain by then. Right now, I'd say it's a certainty.
it’s ok, shiara law will be implemented during the games. the women will perform in burkas.
I doubt terrorist are only interested in an electronic jihad in 2112.
Thanks for that link. I’m going to link to it on some of my web pages DocRock.
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“I doubt terrorist are only interested in an electronic jihad in 2012.”
I agree.
Terrorist desires and actions (including the global jihad) is a 24/7 activity.
A very small sampler:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ecoterrorism/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terrorism/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/drugcartels/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gangs/index?tab=articles
Thanks to DocRock for this SportsIllustrated/CNN/AP link. Posting this here for archival purposes.
stepping back in time...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/08/25/sydney_terrorist_ap/
“Officials downplay terrorist plot”
Latest: Saturday August 26, 2000 01:34 AM
SNIPPET: “SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have played down an Olympic terrorist threat after reports emerged that New Zealand police had foiled a plot targeting a nuclear reactor in Sydney.”
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stepping back in time...
http://www.emergency.com/2000/sydney2000a.htm
“SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS SPECIAL REPORT - No. 1”
SNIPPET: “Olympic Countdown: 12 Weeks Until the Opening Ceremony
ERRI SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC’S SPECIAL REPORT-ERRI Risk Assessment Services: Friday, June 23, 2000
Update and Assessment of Security for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Produced by Jeremy Zakis, ERRI Analyst in Australia
**INDEX**
SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES SECURITY NEWS
- Usama bin Laden Organization Biggest Threat to Olympics
- Islamic Terrorist Links Investigated
- Bomb Squad in Force During Olympic Games
ERRI OLYMPIC THREAT ASSESSMENTS
- “S-11” Threat During Olympics
- ERRI Olympic Games Security Assessment
OLYMPIC GAMES SECURITY PROFILES
- PROFILE: The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Security Team
SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES SECURITY NEWS
Usama bin Laden Organization Biggest Threat to Olympics
Australian authorities repeatedly say there is “no specific threat” of terrorism against the Olympic games beginning September in Sydney, but sources in the security teams said that a judgment was made that any terrorist threat was likely to come from the Usama bin Laden-funded groups.
Olympic security officials have already dealt with a number of threats leading up to the Sydney 2000 games. One of the more serious came to head on May 22nd when a 28-year-old man in Sydney was arrested in possession of explosives after making numerous threats to Olympic organizers. Authorities said the man changed his name to his idol Martin Bormann, one of Adolf Hitler’s henchmen, and was described as a racist. Olympic Investigation Strike Force officials making the arrest also seized a number of racist documents at his home. Hydrochloric acid, chlorine, gasoline and fertilizer — all major ingredients for making explosives — were found in a bunker below his Sydney home.
Usama bin Laden was publicly acknowledged as a serious concern on June 4th when Australian and international intelligence agencies reported they were alarmed at the emergence throughout South and South-East Asia of terrorist groups linked to Usama bin Laden.
The announcement coincided with separate media report in the Australian newspaper Sunday Age, that bin Laden associates were suspected of buying biological weapons from an undisclosed former Soviet State. Intelligence sources had told reporters bin Laden had purchase of deadly anthrax and plague viruses from arms dealers in Kazakhstan.
The intelligence source also gave some information about their mission: “Essentially the fight against this sort of terrorism is preventive - it comes down to the agencies stopping the people who do this sort of thing from coming in.”
“If there is a flaw in intelligence and this sort of (biological) attack happens, we can do little but react and try to minimize the human damage,” the unidentified source said.
Pre-Games intelligence operations include a massive surveillance operation and prior to the games the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence and Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), with the help of international agencies in the United States and Israel, will also be coordinating criminal intelligence assessments before and during the Olympics. The latest overall assessment by Sydney 2000 Olympic security officials is that the risk of terrorism is low.
Islamic Terrorist Links Investigated
Australian security agencies earlier this month investigated phone calls made to numerous New South Wales (NSW) addresses in late 1992 and early 1993 by convicted Islamic extremists linked to the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. Unidentified sources told The Age newspaper that phone records from the period showed extensive telephone contact between the Usama bin Laden associates and NSW before and after the bombing in New York.
The associates were identified as El-Gabrowny, charged with conspiracy in the bombing and Mahmud Aboulahimi, charged for being one of the New York bombers. They had made telephone calls lasting from nine to 19 minutes to businesses in Dean Park, NSW and Yagoona, NSW on March 20 and 21. A third person involved in the WTC bombing, Mohammed Salameh was also preparing to apply for migration to Australia at the time of the crime.
Bomb Squad in Force During Olympic Games
Over one fifth of the security force present at the Sydney 2000 Olympics will be bomb squad according to Olympic security chief Paul McKinnon. About 1800 personnel, 1100 soldiers and 700 police officers will be deployed around the games in September conducting explosives searches on all vehicles carrying Olympic VIP’s, athletes and officials before entering the venues.
Bomb officers will also have the task to searching 56 Olympic venues including marathon routes, Sydney Harbour exclusion areas and Olympic family hotels before setting a top-security lock-down before the games.”
“Enforcement action threatened at Tablighi Jamaat mega-mosque site”
By Akhenaten • on September 18, 2009
For Immediate Release
SNIPPET: “Enforcement action threatened at Tablighi Jamaat mega-mosque site
Newham Council “doing the right thing at last” says Cllr Alan Craig. “Compulsory purchase of site must be next step”
Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), some of whose supporters in Walthamstow were convicted of planning airline terrorist atrocities last week (see note below), has been threatened with enforcement action by Newham Council over its continued unlawful use of the ‘mega-mosque’ site at West Ham, close to the London 2012 Olympic stadium.
TJ has erected a temporary structure on site and has been using it daily without planning permission since October 2006.
In response to yet another challenge at Question Time by Cllr Alan Craig, leader of the Opposition on Newham Council, the borough’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration Cllr Conor McAuley indicated that TJ have now been given until January 2010 to come up with a masterplan for the site or face enforcement action. He also disclosed that the Council will not be offering temporary planning permission for the current buildings on site. (For full text of Statement, see below.)
“At last Newham Council is doing the right thing,” said Cllr Craig who is leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance group on the Council. “The Town Hall has been giving TJ preferential treatment for too long by allowing them to use the site unlawfully for three years.”
Hat Tip: Jawa Report
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/198889.php
September 19, 2009
“A Terrorist Associated Mosque Near Site of 2012 Olympics”
“Security guard at Olympic Stadium found with Semtex”
By Andy Bloxham 11:26PM BST 30 Mar 2011
SNIPPET: “A female security guard at the 2012 Olympic Stadium has been arrested with what is thought to be Semtex plastic explosive in her car.”
SNIPPET: “The 40-year-old dog handler was stopped by police officers from the Olympic Site Support Unit in a car park off Pudding Mill Lane, close to the stadium in east London, on Tuesday.
She was found to be carrying plastic explosive and class A drugs.”
SNIPPET: “”Searches were carried out at residential addresses in Kent and London, no further substances were found.”
http://www.google.com/search?&rls=en&q=muslims+against+the+crusades&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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“Militant Muslim warns Royal wedding terror attack is ‘highly likely’”
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 2:40 PM on 1st April 2011
SNIPPET: “Firebrand cleric Anjem Choudary has warned that a terror attack is ‘highly likely’ at the Royal wedding.
The hate preacher has told all Muslims to stay away from Westminster Abbey on April 29, describing it as ‘a prime target’.
Choudary has also been preaching to followers of the hate group, Muslims Against Crusades, and is backing its plan for a ‘forceful demonstration’ at the wedding.
Choudary said: ‘All Muslims should stay away from the public gatherings like the Royal wedding and the Olympics because there is a very high likelihood of an attack.
‘Prime targets most probably would be public gatherings like that, so I think Muslims in general should stay away to avoid injury.”
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110413_7352.php
Terrorists Might Try WMD Strike at London Olympics: Risk Report
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
SNIPPET: “A recent threat analysis says that terrorists might attempt to use an unconventional weapon against the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the London Independent reported on Sunday (see GSN, March 23, 2010).
The British government’s security plan for the games warns of strikes involving “chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances.” It characterizes the Olympics as “an appealing target” and warns that attacks on the transit system are among “the more likely to be attempted.”
Another assessment issued this month by the consulting firm Executive Analysis warns it is “highly likely” that Islamic militants would attempt to carry out acts of terrorism during the games. However, actual sporting events are less likely to be hit than “soft targets” including shopping malls, bars and transit operations, the report says.”
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110511_2675.php
“British Authorities Prep For Olympics With Terror Drill”
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
SNIPPET: “British law enforcement and armed force personnel conducted a terrorism response exercise as part of efforts to prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday (see GSN, April 13).
The three-day event was said to occur within the Olympic village, the grouping of competition facilities and training sites where the Summer Olympics are to take place.”
https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/careers.aspx
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“MI5 recruits “telephone spies” to listen in on London 2012 plots”
by Chris Hughes, Daily Mirror 14/09/2011
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "200 SUICIDE BOMBERS 'PLANNING ATTACKS IN UK' At least 200 potential terrorists are actively planning suicide attacks while living freely in Britain, intelligence chiefs have warned ministers." by Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (SNIPPET: "A senior intelligence source has revealed that the figure is a "conservative" estimate of the threat facing the country from UK-based Islamist suicide bombers. The would-be killers are among 2,000 extremists who the security services have said are based in Britain and actively planning terrorist activity of some kind. The figures are contained within a secret government report on the "enduring terrorist threat" facing the UK from al-Qaeda and affiliated organisations, The Sunday Telegraph has been told.") (October 8, 2011, 9:00 pm BST)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "UK INTELLIGENCE: SUICIDE BOMBERS AWAIT LONDON OLYMPICS" (SNIPPET: "British intelligence officials say there could be 200 potential suicide bombers in the country, many waiting to strike during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Senior intelligence officials called the figure a "conservative estimate" and that the network behind them could involve up to 2,000 active Britain-based Islamist extremists. Train stations or public events are the most likely targets, the Telegraph reported...") (October 11, 2011, 1:23 pm)
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