Turning off most internet access ensures attackers cannot easily run arbitrary code remotely or grab data, the description explained.
The program comes as companies face increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. Last week, Microsoft said Chinese intelligence hacked into company email accounts belonging to two dozen government agencies, including the State Department, in the U.S. and Western Europe in a “significant” breach. Google has been pursuing U.S. government contracts since launching a public sector division last year.
This is such a terrible future we’ll be living in, on so many levels. We just can’t have nice things.