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FBI’s Kinetic Cyber Range Trains Agents in Full‑Scale Mock Town

The closed 2,000 m² site recreates critical services plus a 200+ server data center to give investigators hands-on practice tackling ransomware, AI-assisted attacks.

Eine künstlich angelegte Straßenlandschaft in einem Innenraum mit Geschäften, Bäumen und einer Tankstelle. Über der Fahrbahn leuchtet eine grüne Ampel. Rechts befindet sich eine Tankstelle mit der Beschriftung "Saturn V Fuel", daneben ein Gebäude mit der Aufschrift "Saturn V Mart". Die Szene erinnert an eine nachgebildete Kleinstadtstraße in einer Ausstellung oder einem Besucherzentrum.
In einer Modellstadt simuliert das FBI Cyberattacken. (Symbolfoto: Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock)

Overview

  • On June 15, 2026, wider media coverage detailed the Kinetic Cyber Range’s layout and capabilities after the FBI quietly used the site for more than a year.
  • The range opened in February 2025 and has trained about 1,400 people from the FBI, NASA, the U.S. military and local law enforcement to date.
  • Facilities include fully furnished homes, a hospital, supermarket, courthouse, gas station, streets with traffic systems and a dedicated data center with more than 200 Windows and Linux servers.
  • Exercises run on a closed network that lets malware and ransomware spread in real time so trainees experience tangible outcomes such as a hospital losing power while preventing any simulated attack from escaping into real systems.
  • The project responds to rising cybercrime losses reported by the FBI in 2025 and aims to give investigators real-world skills under stress, which should reduce mistakes in live incidents and speed response to attacks on critical infrastructure.