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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