This assignment will require you to take an in-depth look at the framework for the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH), which can be found via the following webpage: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/psychology-of-intelligence-analysis/art11.html

Requirements:

In a 4-5 page report, please perform an Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) on the topic of Olympic Destroyer, a form of destructive malware that was used to target the 2018 Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

At a minimum, you should provide a brief description of the malware itself in your own words and then perform an ACH, considering the motivations for why another nation-state would be interested in conducting offensive cyber operations against participants of this global sporting event. Your goal is to provide attribution on who was responsible for this cyber incident (Hint: you may want to focus on the concept of a "false flag" when attempting to provide attribution).

Here are some examples of open source reporting on this incident that you may consider using for your report:

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/02/olympic-destroyer.html
https://securelist.com/olympicdestroyer-is-here-to-trick-the-industry/84295/

You are encouraged to perform additional open source research on the topic of Olympic Destroyer to provide further evidence in support of your answer. Please provide a list of all external sources (URLs are sufficient) on the last page of your report.