Cyber

US efforts to stop Chinese hackers haven’t been fully effective, FBI official says

Taking a more offensive approach against the hacking collective may risk escalation with China, a senior intelligence official said Wednesday.

National-security workforce needs young people, former NSA chief says

Paul Nakasone says fifteen times more 50-plus-year-olds work in national security than under-30s. At least one university is trying to step up.

DARPA hires Twitter whistleblower as CIO

Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will return to the agency after a decade spent working for several leading tech firms.

Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept

“We see significant progress,” in opening up DOD data, one observer said. But a bigger, multinational test is coming.

Air Force aims to replace its insecure VIP flight scheduling system

The service wants a cloud-based app that can handle double the Pentagon's existing fleet of 66 VIP aircraft.

Meet the Pentagon's first-ever cyber policy chief

The Senate has confirmed Michael Sulmeyer to fill a position it helped create.

New NSA tool aims to automate cyber-defense tests

Agency chief says AI-powered platform will help intel-community suppliers evaluate their network defenses much more cheaply and rapidly.

Let’s start treating cyber security like it matters

That means a real investigatory board for cyber incidents, not the hamstrung one we’ve got now.

Pentagon’s new cyber rules are ‘stifling’ foreign suppliers, advisors say

The soon-to-be-mandatory cybersecurity certification—and a 2018 OSD reorganization—are slowing vital work, the Defense Innovation Board says.

Several Pentagon IT programs still lack a cyber strategy, watchdog finds

The programs, used daily by DOD employees, do not even comply with decade-old cybersecurity requirements, GAO concludes.

US, allies take down Kremlin-backed AI bot farm

Allegedly launched by a deputy editor at a Russian state-backed news agency, the bot farm spread disinformation on X/Twitter.

The president ordered a board to investigate a massive Russian cyberattack. It didn't.

By not investigating how the SolarWinds hack exploited Microsoft software, the Cyber Safety Review Board missed an opportunity to prevent attacks, experts say.

The double-edged global ship tracking system

Houthi groups have used public tracking data to target commercial ships—revealing that staying undetected is trickier than just going dark digitally.