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Ukraine says Russian hackers are targeting country’s defense contractors

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Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) said in a report published over the weekend that a hacking group has been targeting the country’s defense and military companies with phishing attacks.  The CERT identified the hacking group as UAC-0185 — also known as UNC4221 — without saying who was behind the group. Earlier this year, however, […]

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ARX launches firestick-like platform to make military trucks autonomous

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A startup with founders who previously served in the German military has created a product akin to an Amazon Firestick for legacy defense equipment, complete with a software stack. ARX Robotics claims its system can turn old equipment into AI-driven devices, such as autonomous-driving trucks.  Back in June this year ARX raised a €9 million

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Silicon Valley is debating if AI weapons should be allowed to decide to kill

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In late September, Shield AI cofounder Brandon Tseng swore that weapons in the U.S. would never be fully autonomous — meaning an AI algorithm would make the final decision to kill someone. “Congress doesn’t want that,” the defense tech founder told TechCrunch. “No one wants that.”  But Tseng spoke too soon. Five days later, Anduril

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Shield AI’s founder on death, drones in Ukraine, and the AI weapon ‘no one wants’

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About two months ago, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng and one of his employees were in an Uber weaving through Kyiv, Ukraine. They were headed to a meeting with military officials to sell them on their AI pilot systems and drones, when suddenly his employee showed him a warning on his phone. Russian bombs were

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US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government with destructive malware

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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice accused five members of Russia’s military intelligence agency of hacking several Ukrainian government agencies, an unnamed U.S. government agency in Maryland, and computers belonging to 26 NATO countries, among other victims.  The DOJ announced the indictment of the five members of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, also known as

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Digital banking startup Mercury abruptly shuttered service for startups in Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries

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Digital banking startup Mercury is no longer serving customers in certain countries, including Ukraine, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Mercury made headlines earlier this year when it was caught up in federal scrutiny through one of its partners, Choice Bank, around the practice of allowing foreign companies to open accounts.  The FDIC was “concerned” that

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Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

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For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a cyberattack against a municipal energy company, security researchers and Ukrainian authorities have since concluded.  On Tuesday, the cybersecurity company Dragos published a report with details about a new malware dubbed

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US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

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The Department of Justice has charged a Russian civilian with conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian government computer systems as part of a widespread hacking effort by Russia ahead of its illegal invasion of Ukraine.  U.S. prosecutors in Maryland said Wednesday that Amin Stigal, 22, is wanted for helping to set up servers used by Russian government

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London’s first defense tech hackathon brings Ukraine war closer to the city’s startups

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Last week, the U.K. announced its largest ever military support package for Ukraine. The bill brings the U.K.’s total support for this financial year to £3 billion — not quite the $50 billion the U.S. pledged recently, but still substantial. But while most of those funds will be spent on very traditional military hardware, a

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