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Recent Taiwan simulation highlights US cyberdefense gaps against China, experts warn
Organizers of a cyber exercise say Washington needs to prepare for attacks that both disrupt civilian services and pressure Taipei without triggering outright military conflict.
China-linked hackers posed as former US officials, Anthropic employee to target AI experts
Proofpoint identified phishing campaigns that borrowed prominent figures’ identities to approach U.S. policy researchers before attempting to steal access to their cloud accounts.
Stolen FBI data reveals employees’ roles in intelligence and surveillance
Exposed analysts work on areas including China, Russia, and electronic surveillance. ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach this week. The FBI said it’s investigating.
China is trying to steal US AI models' secrets, intel agencies warn
NSA, FBI, and CISA cite “aggressive, malicious, and targeted" distillation tactics.
FBI disables China-linked hacking tools used against US agencies
A hacking group used the tools to target networks belonging to NASA, the Federal Reserve, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Senate and the departments of Energy, Justice and Health and Human Services.
What Trump’s tech strategy means for the military, deterring China, and the future of AI
The strategy includes key provisions to encourage innovation—but also has a glaring omission.
US has too few interceptors to deter war with China, experts say
A new report from Heritage is the latest to sound alarms over the expenditure of munitions in Trump's Iran war.
As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures
Lawmakers blast administration's "ad-hoc" AI strategy; tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.
Chinese telecoms kept footholds in US despite crackdowns, probe finds
Three state-owned firms retained equipment, data center space, and network ties, including one network that appeared in routes to Salt Typhoon servers.
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OPM breach victims could get identity protection for life
The federal government’s coverage for 22.1 million people hoovered up in the 2015 China-linked breaches is scheduled to end Sept. 30.
Shock wave
What if the U.S. were ahead of China in hypersonic weapons development? Welcome to the latest Fictional Intelligence.
China justifies Space Force’s budget, nominee tells lawmakers in smooth confirmation hearing
Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, who is likely to be confirmed, would be the young service's third leader.
How a former Marine is rewriting the future of battlefield AI
A pilot program in the Pacific is showing how to get advanced tools all the way to the edge.
What is the Chinese military thinking about the Iran war?
Let’s imagine what a senior PLA analyst might write in a memo.
Space Force must prepare for all-out warfare, think tank says
A new Mitchell Institute report looked at wide-ranging war scenarios.
Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. The information was revealed only after ProPublica went to court to obtain it.
China used websites to target security-clearance holders, officials say
Prosecutors said fake consulting companies persuaded U.S. officials to sell sensitive government information.
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Space Force needs to prepare for an ‘in-person’ moon conflict with China, new report argues
Guardians need a human spaceflight program for future lunar missions, Mitchell Institute says.
Taiwan is a ‘model ally,’ not trade bait
Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.
Marines will update land warfare doctrine as they prep for near-peer, drone-driven fight
Officials previewed Ground Combat Element 2040 plan at the Modern Day Marine conference.
