New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace

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Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace
The Obama administration is establishing a new agency to combat the deepening threat from cyberattacks, and its mission will be to fuse intelligence from around the government when a crisis occurs.

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