Researchers say the case of Olympic Destroyer malware show how threat actors can manipulate geopolitical agenda with false flags. Researchers call the attempt a type of cyber fake news attack motivate the media to point fingers in the wrong direction. Researchers say a mysterious magic number was found in an obtuse malware function code that when put in hexadecimal format spelled Deef 7 Researchers say it appears to be a tiny message or way the author wanted to be recognized in this attack.
Source: https://threatpost.com/olympic-destroyer-a-false-flag-confusion-bomb/130262/