The other benefit is deterrence. "It will save time of fighting and will deter in many cases a potential enemy from really launching an attack."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

American lives are on the line." Opposition Republicans see an opening in the administration's flawed handling of the failed attack, and appear eager to highlight the incident as a potential campaign issue for the November midterm congressional elections.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Understanding APTs and blocking potential attack vectors before they occur is a difficult challenge.

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Details of the cyber attack and the potential damage it may have caused remain closely held within the U.S. government.

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Mr Ferrante and Mr Auriemma said players could protect themselves against potential attack by stopping Origin launching games via desktop shortcuts.

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