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Army's Use of TikTok App Raises Concerns on Capitol Hill
2019-11-20 15:47

The Army's use of a China-owned video app called TikTok as part of a new campaign to recruit young people into the service is raising concerns on Capitol Hill. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer sent a...

Holy smokes! Ex-IT admin gets two years prison for trashing Army chaplains' servers
2019-09-30 20:28

Let's hope that 'take this job and shove it' moment was worth it A former system admin for a US Army contractor has been sentenced to two years behind bars for trashing his employer's network on...

Former Army Contractor Gets Prison Term for Insider Attack
2019-09-30 15:33

Judge Sentences Maryland Man to Two Years in Prison for Causing $1 Million in DamageA former Army contractor has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting causing more than $1...

GAO: Army's New Cyber Units Understaffed and Underequipped
2019-08-19 16:04

Audits Finds Army Rushed New Units Into ServiceTo better prepare for cyberthreats posed by Russia and China, the U.S. Army has been building cyber and electronic warfare units. But a new report...

An Army Watchkeeper drone tried to land. Then meatbags took over from the computers
2019-08-13 16:54

Operators cut throttle during go-around. Aircraft crashed A British Army Watchkeeper drone that crashed near its home base of Aberporth in north Wales did so after its crew overrode its autopilot,...

New British Army psyops unit fires rebrandogun, smoke clears to reveal... I'm sorry, Dave...
2019-08-01 14:55

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardise it Logowatch The British Army has launched yet another social media 'n' psyops unit and its logo will look remarkably familiar to...

British Army cyber 'n' psyops unit 77 Brigade can't even brainwash civvies into helping it meet recruitment targets
2019-05-23 15:43

Part-timers needed The British Army's psyops unit 77 Brigade is still falling short of recruiting targets, despite cyber skills being bigged up repeatedly by the military and government.…

Electrum DDoS Botnet Builds Army of 150,000 Hosts
2019-05-01 18:07

A botnet targeting the users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet managed to ensnare more than 150,000 hosts at its peak, Malwarebytes security researchers say.  read more

As Alexa's secret human army is revealed, we ask: Who else has been listening in on you?
2019-04-11 17:30

The Lives of Others: Siri, Google and Cortana edition Sneezes and homophones – words that sound like other words – are tripping smart speakers into allowing strangers to hear recordings of your...

US Army clarifies its killer robot plans
2019-03-11 12:27

The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.