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Norad targeted by cyberattack

Norad has been targeted by a cyberattack in which the perpetrators may have gained access to the names and email addresses of 20,614 registered users of Norad’s Grant Portal. In addition, they extracted information related to grant applications submitted by at least three organizations.

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