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 **Operation Blackout** was a counter-terrorism exercise that took place on November 5, 2019 in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] **Operation Blackout** was a counter-terrorism exercise that took place on November 5, 2019 in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]]
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 +The "election hacking tabletop exercise" simulated sabotage of civilian infrastructure, [[terrorism]] and [[psychological operations]] against American citizens on the day of the [[2020 United States Presidential Election]].
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 +===== Participants =====
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 +The event was led by [[Cybereason]], a private cybersecurity company. Participants included the [[Arlington County Police Department]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), and [[United States Secret Service]].((//Operation Blackout Summary of Events.// (2019, November 5). Cybereason. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701201116/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6548629/Operation-Blackout-Wrap-Up-Report-November-2019.pdf))
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 +Additional participants included [[Sam Curry]] and [[Ari Schwartz]], Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services at [[Venable]].
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 +===== External links =====
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 +  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Operation_Blackout|Wikispooks]]
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