Colorado Springs on front lines of cyber Cold War with Russia

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https://www.stripes.com/news/us/colorado-springs-on-front-lines-of-cyber-cold-war-with-russia-1.551859

By TOM ROEDER
The Gazette
October 14, 2018

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Tribune News Service) -- The Russians have come, 
and Colorado Springs is a bit shaken after learning that a Putin-directed 
military intelligence operation purloined data from a local nonprofit.

For decades, Colorado Springs was on the lookout for Soviet spies. But 
when the Cold War ended, locals lightened up. With federal indictments 
this month against Russian hackers who targeted the Springs-based U.S. 
Anti-Doping Agency, leaders say it may be time for a new Red Scare.

"This is a real wake-up call," Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers warned 
after speaking at the National Cyber Symposium at the Broadmoor last week. 
"Just think of all the information there is to steal in Colorado Springs."

The mayor is right about Colorado Springs being a ripe target. With some 
of the nation's most prominent nonprofits, 200 aerospace and defense 
firms, five military bases along with America's leading commands for 
space, continental defense and missile defense, a well-planned hack here 
could cause national chaos.

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