In a scenario where a lawyer left a tablet with work product in a cab for instance, IT or system administrators could halt access to the document, and working in conjunction with mobile device management software, they could wipe the entire device.
Last month, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin suggested that his nation might halt U.S. access to its launch vehicles and may use the International Space Station without American participation.
Once it infects a computer, it can halt automatic updates and security scans, block access to security-related websites and even lock users out of their accounts.
The troops halted on the lower access road, a dozen yards from our faces.
"Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline," Leonardo DiCaprio posted on Twitter this week.
A judge had ruled against the tribe in its bid to halt the Dakota Access pipeline, which was set to carry crude oil under the Missouri River and, the tribe feared, threaten drinking water and sacred burial grounds.
Eurotunnel said its services had been halted after striking workers gained access to its terminal in France.
It is far from clear when the cooling system will be restored and radiation emission halted; how soon workers can access some parts of the plant; and how bad the damage to the reactors, their fuel and nearby stored fuel turns out to be.
Construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline was halted Sunday night after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an easement that would allow the pipeline to cross beneath Lake Oahe, threatening the water supply of the Standing Rock Indian reservation downstream.
