Among those selling the split-dollar insurance now under attack by the IRS were planners from American Express, which has a network of 10, 000 advisers.

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The Blue Shield network, which works to protect cultural property from attack in the event of armed conflict, has also urged Egyptians to prevent actions that could result in the damage or destruction of their cultural heritage.

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Recently one network provider suffered what appeared to be just such an attack that employed 140, 000 machines from the Domain Name Service.

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To spice things up, the Senate Committee invited Facebook to join the grill-out, giving one privacy advocate from Common Sense Media the opportunity to make fun of the social network for its recent failed PR attack on its co-testifier.

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Attacks like the "evil twin" disrupt a company's network from the outside, jamming its radio signals or bogging it down with a denial of service attack, then broadcasting a counterfeit signal into the building.

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