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		<title>U.S. is Striking Back in the Global Cyberwar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kingsbury</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haymarket, va.-More than two dozen professional hackers have set up operations in exurban Virginia beside a mock military headquarters made of plywood. Huddled over laptops, they are preparing to launch a vicious barrage of cyberattacks. Once they break into their targets&#8217; computer networks, the nefarious possibilities are myriad: shutting off phone lines, overloading citywide emergency response systems, or simply slinking around to pilfer passwords. Not far away, the defenders prepare for the onslaught they know is coming during the two-day &#8220;Cyberdawn&#8221; exercise, one of the country&#8217;s premier electronic war games. It is run with the help of volunteers by the private firm White Wolf Security, which also arranges closed war games for some federal agencies. The chance to test their cyberskills has attracted groups from private companies as well as the U.S. military. Ten teams, including those from West Point and the Air Force Academy, have traveled across the country to take part in the game in the hopes of protecting a simulated digital network linking phone systems, Social Security numbers, and power grids on which 10,000 fictitious citizens rely. The exercise pits teams from the U.S. military, the military&#8217;s service academies, corporations, and even teenage computer savants against live [...]]]></description>
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