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A Chiller> CATASTROPHIC FAILURE at Arizona Cyber Warfare Range Here In Mesa

Except for one item - now on a public record - no one would have known about a serious incident that the City of Mesa is now naming A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure from which recovery is impossible.

Catastrophic failures often lead to cascading systems failure.

The term is most commonly used for structural failures, but has often been extended to many other disciplines in which total and irrecoverable loss occurs.

Such failures are usually investigated using the methods of forensic engineering, which aims to isolate the cause or causes of failure.

SO FAR THERE HAS NO REPORTING OR ANY DEATILS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

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Here it is in the list of Contract Awards in the amount of $26,034.60 for an emergency purchase on the Tentive Agenda for the Mesa City Council on Monday April 5, 2021

Please note some sketchy details that are provided about the security breaches that probably happened back in December 2020 -about the same time as the Solarwinds hacking

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File #:

21-0339

Type:

Contract

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council

On agenda:

4/5/2021

Title:

Ratification of the Emergency Purchase of AZ Labs Chiller Rental for the Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Department (PRCF) (Citywide)
The chiller at AZ Labs had a catastrophic failure and could no longer be repaired, parts are obsolete.

Temporary cooling was needed so PRCF procured a chiller rental until new chillers are installed. City of Mesa rents space to AZ Labs and cooling is essential to their business.
The chiller also services areas at ASU and Phoenix Mesa Gateway airport.
The Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Department and Purchasing recommend ratifying the purchase with Aggreko, at $26,034.60.

Attachments:

1. Council Report

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A simple definition of Cyber Warfare would be ‘ the use of hacking or other unethical methods to attack a specific target on the internet, with an aim to cause disruption or damage’ but the vast scope of this topic cannot be restricted to this simple sentence because it makes it rather problematic. The ethical standpoints? How can one become a target in a virtual world? What damages are we talking about?

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It is marked by the actions and reactions of a nation-state or an international organization, who are at constant rivalry and attempt to disrupt and damage each other’s networks
just take a look at the incredible amount or records leaked in 2016 in this chart: 3.1 billion records leaked in data breaches and cyber attacks in 2016
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Hackers Take Aim At The Arizona Cyber Warfare Range

By Matthew Casey

Published: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 5:00am

Updated: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 2:13pm

Source: KJZZ

Budding hackers huddle in a secure, windowless room as they gulp energy drinks and munch on pizza. Their job is to unleash cyber attacks on the millions of dollars worth of computer equipment at the Arizona Cyber Warfare Range. The goal is to break the gear, so they can learn how to protect it.

“In order to defend yourself from cyber attacks, you need to know the methods and techniques that cybercriminals are utilizing in programs to help defend yourself,” said Joshua Harp, who’s volunteered for years at the Range.

Russian hackers tried to influence the 2016 presidential election.
The Chinese may have stolen millions of Social Security numbers.
Experts warn incidents like these show the United States is losing the cyberwar.

The Arizona Cyber Warfare Range is a Mesa-based nonprofit seeking to turn the tide by training warriors to defend against hacks.
Operational Partners include AZ Labs leased from and owned by the City of Mesa, ACTRA AZ and several more coming soon.
On June 23, 2011, the Mesa, AZ City Council approved an Interim Lease with the United States Air Force for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and a property management/business assistance agreement with Alion Science and Technology.
AZ Labs retains the security protocols of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, in Mesa, AZ.

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You aren't trying to leak any data to third-party sites, are you? No? OK then. Carry on, friend.

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Mozilla released Firefox 87.0 this morning, the latest version of its open source web browser. Following on the heels of December's Firefox 85 and February's Firefox 86, the new version's most important features—Smart Block and improved referrer trimming—are privacy related.

Smart Block

Firefox has been blocking third-party tracking scripts by default for quite a while now. For the most part, this works pretty seamlessly—but in some cases, missing tracking scripts can interfere with a page's rendering, either delaying it (as seen in the animated image above, on the left) or permanently breaking it.

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Firefox 87.0 also offers improvements in the Highlight All feature of Find in Page, full support for macOS' built-in screen reader VoiceOver, and several minor UI enhancements, security fixes, and general tweaks. For the full list, head on over to Mozilla's own Firefox 87.0 release notes.