FBI builds a 22,000-square-foot cyber-range town to train for attacks
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Last year the FBI opened the Kinetic Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama—a 22,000-square-foot replica town with a hotel, gas station, hospital, and a data center with 200 servers—that is cut off from the internet to safely simulate real-world cyberattacks for training and research, including forensic work on car systems, hospital networks, power grids, and home networks; the bureau released a video this week giving the public its first look inside.
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