Regarding >>8437808 (pb)
If the CDC was actually was cyber attacked, it would be reasonable to assume that whoever did it will probably try to hit other places.
Pic related.
The word you want is chattel.
Definition of chattel
1: an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (such as buildings) connected with real property
2: SLAVE, BONDMAN
slaveholders who were determined to hold on to their human chattel
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chattel