The location of the World Cup and any politics related to the region always influence attack traffic. The day of the Brazil vs. Croatia match, attack traffic originating from Croatia was nearly eight times higher, specifically targeting a Brazilian financial institution. The Spain vs. Netherlands game drove a different sort of attack, most likely by an unhappy fan. The United States has long been the biggest target and generator of all types of attacks on the Internet, but we dont have a team in this years competition.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3280807/cyber-games-at-the-world-cup-2018.html