The world’s best athletes are descending on Paris this week for the start of the Summer Games, seeking Olympic glory for themselves and their countries, but they won’t be the only ones looking to make a mark on the international stage.

Event organizers are preparing for an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks by states like Russia and North Korea, anticipating billions of attacks that seek to exploit the scale and complexity of the mega-event to disrupt operations, steal data and potentially even interfere with the results of the competitions.

While security firms and Olympic