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New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Cyber Protection Team 173 counter an attacker who infiltrated a utility company's computer network during an exercise at the Kingston Armory in Kingston, New York, Feb. 23-26, 2026.
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KINGSTON, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Cyber Protection Team 173 counter an attacker who infiltrated a utility company's computer network during an exercise at the Kingston Armory in Kingston, New York, Feb. 23-26, 2026. The scenario pitted the National Guard cyber security experts against an enemy who had planted ransomware into a utility company's computer network. The CPT 173 Soldiers had to determine how the attacker accessed to the system, close the holes in security and negate the malware. Courtesy photo.


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