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Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations

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The Trump administration, through the Department of Defense, plans to spend $1 billion over the next four years on what it calls “offensive cyber operations.”  The provision in Trump’s landmark One Big Beautiful Bill does not say what those “offensive cyber operations” are, nor what specific tools or software would qualify. The budget does note […]

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Senators say U.S. military is failing to secure its phones from foreign spies

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Two U.S. senators are accusing the Department of Defense of not doing enough to protect the communications of its military personnel, as the U.S. government contends with an ongoing Chinese hacking campaign targeting American phone and internet giants. The senators say the Department of Defense still relies too heavily on old fashioned landline calls, and

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Ursa Major nabs $12.5M from U.S. Navy, DoD for 3D printed rocket motors

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Ursa Major, a startup that produces rocket motors through 3D printing, announced today that it received a $12.5 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the U.S. Navy to develop new solid fuel rocket engines. The company, which has raised $274 million according to PitchBook, will match the funding,

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