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FBI Director Warns Lawmakers ISIS Is Using Encryption To Order Killings
'This is not your grandfather’s al-Qaida,' James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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How To Break Into the CIA’s Cloud on Amazon
Looking to steal America’s spy data from Amazon? Hope you’re up for a challenge.
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Someone Just Leaked The Price List for Cyberwar
A controversial cyber arms dealer gets hacked, revealing sales to the US military and less savory customers around the world.
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FBI Director: Encryption Is Great As Long As It Lets Us In
Ahead of Capitol Hill hearings, James Comey blogs that a good-guys-only backdoor would keep Americans safer than universal strong encryption.
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Home Depot Has Better Cyber Security Than 25 US Defense Contractors
New rankings raise questions about the extent to which cybersecurity is a shared responsibility between government agencies and contractors.
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Hillary Clinton Accuses China of Hacking 'Everything That Doesn't Move'
The former Secretary of State's criticisms come following a devastating breach at the Office of Personnel Management.
Ideas
What Fiction Can Tell You About a Future War With China
Strategists Peter Singer and August Cole’s new novel offers a glimpse into startling real-life U.S. military vulnerabilities.
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Pentagon, OPM Shut Down Background Check Systems
Two critical systems linking information from the DOD to OPM are being shuttered while vulnerabilities are fixed.
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After Historic Hack, OPM Chief's 15-Point Plan May Be Too Little, Too Late
In the wake of a major hack, agency director Katherine Archuleta outlined a series of steps to counter future breaches.
Threats
Video Chat Could Put US Advisors In ISIS Fight — Virtually
US troops confined to Iraqi bases may soon use FaceTime-like apps to help Iraqi soldiers on the battlefield.
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Cyber War Puts Democracies on the Defensive
Free countries must band together to fight off authoritarian states that can be more institutionally flexible, opaque, unaccountable, and corrupt.
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China Is the Leading Suspect in OPM Hack, US Says
The intelligence community thinks they know who stole the data. That doesn’t change much.
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Why Putin’s ICBM Announcement Does Not Signal a New Nuclear Arms Race
The Russian President’s announcement was entirely in line with previous expectations, and won’t add new capabilities to Moscow's arsenal.
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NSA Chief: Don’t Assume China Hacked OPM
Attribution, which came so quickly when North Korea hacked Sony, is proving trickier when China stands accused.
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The US Army Is Getting Futuristic Hoverbikes
A British company is bringing hover bikes stateside for commercial use—but not before the US Army gets their own version first.
Business
Pentagon Rushing to Open Space-War Center To Counter China, Russia
Prepping for war in orbit, the military is honing tactics and building a new center to coordinate defense and development.
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Robots Won't Be Taking These Military Jobs Anytime Soon
A chief Air Force scientist says that there’s no way to automate drone-based intelligence collection without a major technological breakthrough.
Threats
Pentagon Building Cruise Missile Shield To Defend US Cities From Russia
The military moves to set up an expensive sensor-and-shooter network, but is the threat real?
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What To Watch For at the 2015 Paris Air Show
Aviation trendsetters and seekers converge on Le Bourget.
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