Magnus Carlsen the reigning Chess World Champion has called in Microsoft security experts to ensure he is not hacked ahead of his forth coming World Championship match with Sergey Karjakin. It is reported that Magnus has spent the past few months perfecting his strategy using highly powerful computers and is concerned his analysis could be compromised.

Only recently Microsoft blamed a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government for recent cyber attacks that exploited a newly discovered Windows security flaw. Recent attacks using a technique called spear phishing is thought to have been behind the compromise of the WADA database and subsequent publication of Athlete theraputic use exemption (TUES) records.