The FBI reported they encouraged Olympians to bring the phones as a cybersecurity measure while in China.
MADISON, Wis. - The FBI has encouraged U.S. Olympic Athletes to use burner phones while competing in the Winter Olympics.last week encouraging Olympians to leave their phones and bring burner phones to Beijing, China. The reason cited: Cybersecurity concerns.
“The USOPC has provided us with a lot of safety measures to make sure that we’re cyber safe,” Hoffman said. “Anna was added on a Monday, and Friday had to pack, and by Saturday was in L.A.,” said Sharon Hoffman. “So I was like ‘AHH,’ what are we going to do, so that was awesome that they took care of it for us.”
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