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The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000-square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama, campus that it built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000-square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama, campus that it built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks. The aim is to teach investigators in a secure environment beyond the classroom by getting hands-on with some of the latest consumer and enterprise technologies, many of which are frequently targeted by malicious hackers. The numbers put the training into context.

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