The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks
The Verge • • business
Key Points:
- The FBI opened a 22,000 square-foot Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, designed to simulate cyberattacks in a realistic, town-like environment.
- The facility includes replicas of a convenience store, gas station, hospital, houses, and a data center with over 200 servers that can be hacked and studied safely.
- All systems in the Cyber Range are isolated from the outside world to prevent any malicious code from escaping containment.
- Trainees use the range to practice forensic investigations on various systems, including car entertainment, hospital networks, and corporate security, and to study the impact of cyberattacks on infrastructure like power grids.
- Although the facility opened last year, the FBI released a public video this week providing the first inside look at the Cyber Range.
