Phillip Bupp reports:
The 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual is exactly what it is, a virtual version of the legendary 24-hour race held in France every June.
The top eRacers and real-life racers from around the world are competing for a $250,000 purse. Drivers such as Romain Grosjean, Felix Rosenqvist, and back-to-back Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen are taking part in the race.
While the race is currently at the halfway point (at the time of posting), things got off to a rocky start as an apparent security breach forced moderators to throw a red flag early in the race.
The race had already been stopped once before just after the four-hour mark, but after an hour delay, it didn’t take long after racing resumed that a second red flag was displayed.
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I wouldn’t describe it as a “bizarre” reason. But I was wondering if any group had actually tried to hold the virtual event hostage to a ransomware attack.