The Pentagon doesn’t know who’s in charge for responding to a massive cyber attack

The Pentagon does not have a clear chain of command for responding to a massive cyber attack on domestic targets in the United States, according to the federal government’s principal watchdog. While some Defense Department documents say that U.S. Northern Command would have primary responsibility for supporting civilian agencies in such an event, other documents suggest U.S. […]

To Modernize Military, Pentagon Turns to Hackers

With bright purple hair and shock-red lipstick, Katie Moussouris says she has no problem drawing attention to herself when she visits the Pentagon. But the professional hacker and former Microsoft employee represents a major shift in the Department of Defense, which has contracted her company HackerOne to find digital saboteurs to attack the Pentagon and […]

Lasers on the Battlefield – Lockheed is Bringing the Heat

The problematic and often complicated entanglement of the individual and technology continues to define and hinder the deployment of innovative advancements into general defense applications. Improving technology is out there, despite the many Luddites fears of hackers, EMPs, and bears, oh my. On the other hand our science, technology, engineering and math scores have not exactly been […]

Islamic State list targets New Jersey Transit officers

Is the Islamic State targeting New Jersey police officers? A self-described pro-Islamic State group posted the names of 55 New Jersey Transit police officers, their addresses and phone numbers in social media, and urged followers to carry out lone wolf attacks, according to several news reports. The so-called Caliphate Cyber Army first posted the threats on […]

A Dam, Small and Unsung, Is Caught Up in an Iranian Hacking Case

The United States has many colossal dams, hydroelectric power generators like Hoover and Grand Coulee so monumental in scale and purpose that they have been celebrated in song by Woody Guthrie and others. The Bowman Avenue Dam in this low-key suburban village in Westchester County is not one of those. Its opening is about the width of […]

Chinese businessman pleads guilty to conspiring to hack U.S. military data

A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack US defense contractors and steal sensitive military data, said the US Department of Justice in a statement. Criminal charges were originally filed against 50-year-old Su Bin in 2014, and the Chinese national was arrested in Canada that July. After pleading guilty, he now faces up to five […]

Meet The Ex-Army Hackers Trying To Save America From Blackouts

Two days before Christmas the lights went out across the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine. As many as 225,000 customers lost power, the result of coordinated cyberattacks on three power grids. The hackers tricked utility employees into downloading malware – BlackEnergy – that was linked to Russian spy agencies and that had been used to probe power […]

Commission report cites the need for smarter U.S. military recruits

The U.S. Army is facing one of its greatest threats since it became an all-volunteer force back in 1973. The failure of our education systems to produce well-educated, high-school graduates is threatening its ability to protect our country. Last month, the National Commission on the Future of the Army released its long-awaited report. It assessed […]