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attack

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nounphysical assault

nounverbal assault
nounsudden dysfunction or disorder
verbassault physically
verbassault verbally
verbset to work

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We are learning so much this week — not only about a shameful attack on our very government, but the shamelessness of the people who made it inevitable.

I WAS SKEPTICAL OF DEMOCRATS PURSUING A SECOND IMPEACHMENT. I WAS WRONG.KAREN TUMULTYFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

It seemed every time the Wizards mounted an attack, the Raptors responded with the same type of play — a far-too-easy three that bumped the score back into comfortable territory and sapped Washington’s energy at the same time.

THE WIZARDS’ DEFENSE AGAIN LETS THEM DOWN IN LOSS AT HOME TO RAPTORSAVA WALLACEFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Under pressure, Hogan launches effort to pay five exonerated prisoners Maryland exoneree suffers heart attack before testifying on compensation bill

MARYLAND MOVES TOWARD CLEAR PLAN FOR PAYING PEOPLE WHO WERE WRONGLY CONVICTEDOVETTA WIGGINSFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POST

As more and more processes and facilities gain remote and automated capabilities, this kind of attack becomes more of a concern.

HACKERS ACCESSED A FLORIDA WATER TREATMENT PLANT’S SYSTEM AND TRIED TO MAKE A DANGEROUS CHANGESTAN HORACZEKFEBRUARY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

Roy thinks it’s an attack on the right to note that a Republican member of Congress was one of hundreds of thousands of people with underlying conditions to die after contracting the virus.

WHAT YOU’RE SAYING WHEN YOU SAY THAT COVERING THE CORONAVIRUS IS PARTISANPHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Moreover, their lack of a physical form, their reliance on technology for their creation, existence and transactional validation and their decentralization may subject their integrity to the threat of malicious attacks and technological obsolescence.

TESLA INVESTS $1.5 BILLION IN BITCOIN, WILL START ACCEPTING IT AS PAYMENTTAYLOR TELFORDFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The hackers used the attacks to spy on targets’ phone calls, messages, location, photos and other sensitive data.

RESEARCHERS FIND MORE VICTIMS OF ONE OF IRAN’S OLDEST HACKING GROUPSTONYA RILEYFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Reflecting on the actions of both sides, you can see why conservative attacks on liberals are much more problematic than the inverse.

IN AMERICA’S ‘UNCIVIL WAR,’ REPUBLICANS ARE THE AGGRESSORSPERRY BACON JR. (PERRY.BACON@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)FEBRUARY 8, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

A NATO nuclear command post exercise, Able Archer, may have been misinterpreted by the Soviets as a prelude to an attack.

GEORGE P. SHULTZ, COUNSEL AND CABINET MEMBER FOR TWO REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS, DIES AT 100MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ, DAVID HOFFMANFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Offensive AI allows attackers to automate reconnaissance, craft tailored impersonation attacks, and even self-propagate to avoid detection.

THE BATTLE OF ALGORITHMS: UNCOVERING OFFENSIVE AICASEY SULLIVANFEBRUARY 5, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

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