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Federal Agents Charged With Using Bitcoin To Launder Money

A former DEA official and a former Secret Service agent face charges over criminal activity that allegedly took place while the agents investigated the Silk Road website.

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Where the Military's Smartest Hackers Aren't Human at All

A two-year competition led by DARPA could lay the groundwork for a world where machines are in charge of cybersecurity.

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The World of 2020 According to DARPA

The research agency is making underwater robots that can sleep for years and other robots that can fix satellites in space.

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The Military’s Robotic Ghost Ship Passes Critical Test

An autonomous sub-hunting ship passed an important technological milestone and the oceans may never be the same.

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The Top Secret Military Mapmakers Spying on ISIS' Oil Smuggling

Analysts at the NGA have taken the tradecraft used to spy on Russia and China and turned it on black market oil transports.

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War by Doxxing

Combat pilots are just the most recent victims of a common practice. It doesn’t mean that the military has been hacked.

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The Air Force Might Have To Protect Money Laundering in Space

Burgeoning US space monitoring capabilities may one day be used to protect off-planet money launderers from Chinese rockets.

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Three Steps To Destroy ISIS on Twitter

Data scientists say Twitter has done much to thwart ISIS, but offer these simple steps to degrade the group and its massive online following.

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Are High-Tech Sensors the Answer to the Pentagon’s Drone Demand?

Battlefield commanders often argue that they need more eyes in the sky, but high-tech sensors could give the US military an edge in the future.

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Pentagon Intel Analysts May Soon Use a Trick from Amazon's Book

A system copying Amazon's user experience could help coordinate the work of analysts at the Defense Department's National Ground Intelligence Center.

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Pentagon To Launch Hacker Proof Helicopter Drone By 2018

Boeing is set to replace 100,000 lines of code on its Little Bird drone before a test flight this summer.

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The State Department Has To Rebuild Its Classified Networks After 2014 Hack

The State Department needs to reconstruct its classified computer systems after a 2014 cyber attack on its unclassified networks.

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Boeing and Saab Deepening Relationship With Artillery Project

Often rivals, a U.S. defense giant and the Scandinavian aerospace firm deepen their ties on a ground-launched version of Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb – and maybe more.

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The CIA Has Been Trying for Years To Hack Your iPhone

New documents from Edward Snowden reveal a decade-long CIA push to break Apple’s encryption protections.

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The Pentagon's Satellite Spies Are Aiming for the Arctic

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency director Robert Cardillo sees the North Pole as the future nexus of geopolitical tensions.

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Tech Companies Should Cooperate on National Security Spying

Technology firms are implementing high end encryption that could derail efforts to track terrorists. The White House should push back against this trend.

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DOD Finally Picks Permanent Chief Information Officer

Terry Halvorsen, who has been the acting chief since May 2014, now has the helm of the department's $36 billion IT budget.