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Documents detail China's AI-powered propaganda push
A trove of documents from a Chinese firm reveal influence operations that run at unprecedented speed and precision, Vanderbilt University researchers say.
Are CISA cuts making America safer? Current and former officials clash at hacker conference
CISA's spokesperson backed the narrowing of the cyber agency’s scope, while a former NSA leader said it lowers the country's defenses.
Public record contradicts US spy chief’s Russia-gate ‘conspiracy’ accusations
ODNI Gabbard says Obama-era officials said something they never said.
China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts
Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.
New plans detail State Department layoffs and changes
National-security offices and units that cover Asia and the Middle East will be consolidated or slashed as thousands of employees are laid off.
Shuttering of State office leaves US largely defenseless against foreign influence warfare, officials say
‘This is how we lose big wars,’ one former researcher said of the larger effort to eliminate or dismantle organizations that monitor and counter disinformation.
No TikTok deal at all is better than a bad one
And it’s high time to prepare for the next time an app threatens national security.
China is waging cognitive warfare. Fighting back starts by defining it.
The US and its allies need a framework for this new domain of conflict: formal, explicit specifications for its concepts and entities.
The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say
Gutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media reduces the country's ability to fight off influence campaigns at home and promote freedom abroad.
Chinese info ops, military sales driving ‘wedges’ between US and partners in the Middle East
Concerns come as the Trump admin slashes USAID—leaving space for more Chinese influence globally.
Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk's DOGE
SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.
CISA sidelines anti-disinformation staffers
The move reflects a GOP effort to steer the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency away from fighting disinformation and foreign influence.
How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security
China’s breakthrough is an opportunity for American companies to build more efficient tools. That will also help the U.S. military.
Memo details DOD's 10-day social-media pause
Border-related posts are excepted during the hiatus, which will be used to “refocus communications” around Trump’s priorities, the memo says.
Proposed rule would bar sale of Americans' financial data to adversaries
Consumer-protection agency aims to limit what data brokers can sell to foreign rivals and cybercriminals who seek intelligence and profit.
Why Ukrainian soldiers came to Idaho to study nuclear forensics
Hint: It’s an essential element of U.S. deterrence strategy.
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Russia is pushing election-fraud lies in swing states, US intelligence community says
The effort aims to “undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and stoke divisions among Americans.”
How a Kremlin-linked group is trying to sway American votes
In recent months, pro-Russian groups switched from posting fake stories about Ukraine to targeting the Harris campaign, researchers say.
Russia produced fake video of immigrant election fraud in Georgia, officials say
CISA is “very concerned” about the ways foreign adversaries might ramp up their efforts during the election certification period, one official said.
