Sochi on Omid Farhanghttps://omid.dev/tags/sochi/Recent content in Sochi on Omid FarhangOmid Farhanghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpgHugo -- 0.161.1en-US2026 Omid Farhang | All rights reserved.Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:31:34 +0000How NBC's Russian Hack Actually Happened, According to the Security Expert Who Set It Uphttps://omid.dev/2014/02/10/nbcs-russian-hack-actually-happened-according-security-expert-set/Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:31:34 +0000https://omid.dev/2014/02/10/nbcs-russian-hack-actually-happened-according-security-expert-set/<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/waEeJJVZ5P8?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <p>A couple days ago, NBC News ran a report pegged to the Sochi Olympics about Russian hacking. In it, correspondent Richard Engel uses a “brand new” smartphone to test out the Russian internet while hanging out in a Moscow cafe. “Almost immediately,” he says in the segment, “we were hacked.” Naturally, as the security consultant NBC hired for the segment explained today, it&rsquo;s not true.</p>