Fort Bragg cut power for thousands to test 'real-world reactions' to a cyber-attack

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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article229662514.html

By Mark Price
The Charlotte Observer
April 25, 2019

Fort Bragg in North Carolina says the Army base had a “blackout” for more than 
12 hours overnight Wednesday as part of a cyber-attack military exercise that 
came as a complete surprise to its tens of thousands of residents.

The fort, which the Army says is the world’s largest military base, says it cut 
off the electricity “to identify shortcomings in our infrastructure, operations 
and security.”

“Fort Bragg has to train for any possible threats to the installation in order 
to remain mission capable,” said a post on Fort Bragg’s Facebook page just 
after 11 a.m.

“This exercise was not announced in order to replicate likely real-world 
reactions by everyone directly associated with the installation. In today’s 
world, cyber-attacks are very likely. This exercise is exactly what we needed 
to do to identify our vulnerabilities and work to improve our security and 
deployment posture.”

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