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Targeted cyber attacks of the sort that hit Google and more than 30 other tech firms earlier this year are testing enterprise security models in new ways and pose a more immediate threat to sensitive data than a full-fledged cyber war. They’re also an “existential threat” to the U.S., a top FBI official said last [...]

Few events have crystallized U.S. fears over a cyber catacystrophe, or brought on calls for a strategic response, more than the recent attacks against Google and more than 30 other tech firms. The company’s disclosure in January that it was attacked by China-based hackers — and its subsequent decision to scale back operations there — [...]