The Paris Olympics are being targeted by a Russian-linked disinformation campaign, according to the New York Times.
Since last summer, efforts have been under way by a hacker group named Storm-1679, the paper reports.
The campaign "began in earnest" when a documentary was released with a doctored International Olympic Committee (IOC) logo, along with an AI-powered impersonation of Tom Cruise's voice.
The hackers "are trying to cultivate an anticipation of violence", said Clint Watts, the head of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Centre.
"They want people to be fearful of going to the Olympics
