Threats

DISA Data Breach Affected 200,000 People, Officials Confirm

Defense officials provided few details but said the affected systems have since been secured.

  • Frank Konkel
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Afghan ceasefire starts tonight; US intel warns of Russian election tampering; Worst Syrian bombardment in years; State of Defense 2020; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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A new acting DNI; DoD policy chief, out; Russian cyberattacks, revealed; Syrian roads, contested; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Rood to resign; DOD’s new AI rules; US lost arms worth $715M in Syria; US-China infowars; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Graham Denies Threatening To Make Esper’s Life ‘Hell’ If He Cuts AFRICOM Troops

“No, I never said that,” Graham said in a brief phone call with Defense One. “It was a good conversation.”

  • Katie Bo Williams
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Afghanistan ceasefire; Russia-backed attack in Ukraine; Arms flow into Libya; Bracelet of silence; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

US Agrees to Reduce Forces in Afghanistan ‘If Taliban Live up To Their Commitments’

The tests will begin with a seven-day ceasefire to start “very soon,” a senior U.S. administration official told reporters.

  • Kevin Baron
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Esper to Munich; Trump wants to use arms funds for Wall; JEDI on hold; Russian propaganda on US radio; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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At NATO, SecDef talks Taliban, Huawei; War on autopilot; SOCOM’s next plane; Coronavirus reporting soars; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US, Taliban near deal; Space Force’s first soldiers; Trump hints at witness retribution; Huawei exploits police backdoors, US says; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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2021 budget proposal; Iranian attack toll passes 100; China hacked Equifax, US says; Russia’s shadow satellite; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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2 USSOF, KIA; Budget Day; China’s coronavirus coverup; Trump punishes impeachment witnesses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President

How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape America's 2020 election.

  • McKay Coppins, The Atlantic
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US evacs citizens from China; Yemeni AQ chief dead?; FBI: Neo-Nazis as dangerous as ISIS; Arms sale to Ukraine delayed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Explainer: What is the Pentagon's Fourth Estate?

In essence, everything except the military branches.

  • Bradley Peniston
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Deadliest virus day; Russian mercs vs. US troops; UAE’s multinational force in Yemen; Space Forcers?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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New Counterintelligence Strategy to Boost Sharing on Cyber Threats

To be rolled out Monday, the strategy adds the private sector as a customer of the intelligence community.

  • Mariam Baksh
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SOTU & national security; 4,000 Syrian fighters now in Libya; Coronavirus latest; ‘Batsuit’ research; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Spotted: Ransomware That Targets Industrial Controls

EKANS is the first known malware made to freeze the systems that run electrical utilities and the like, says cyber firm Dragos, adding that there's no apparent link to Iran.

  • Mariam Baksh
Threats

US imposes quarantine; Drones with nets; Turkey to Russia: rein in Syria; More nations reject Trump’s Mideast plan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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