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A measure requiring the National Academy of Sciences to study the creation of an independent #Cyber #Force military branch advanced out of a key House panel late Wednesday. defenseone.com/policy/2024/0…

Should Cyber Force become the next service?

The House will vote on a proposal to study the question as part of the 2025 defense authorization bill.

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Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine

Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine

Confidential Ukrainian assessments obtained by The Washington Post show how accuracy rates of some Western weapons fell after Russian jamming disrupted guidance systems.

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The time is right for a new military service to defend cyber space defensenews.com/opinion/2024…

The time is right for a new military force to defend cyber space

Cyber warfare tasks are difficult, and they’re only made harder when fragmented across multiple services.

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A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests wired.com/story/russian-infl…
A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests

A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests

A Kremlin-aligned network called Doppelganger has used faked versions of real news sites to push both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel disinformation.

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nytimes.com/2024/05/02/busin…
Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide (Gift Article)

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide (Gift Article)

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

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Ghosts in the Machine: Irregular recruitment for an irregular force dvidshub.net/news/469482/gho…

Ghosts in the Machine: Irregular recruitment for an irregular force

You’re an Army Psychological Operations officer. Faced with a recruiting challenge, you’ve been given the unenviable task to package and market a military specialty that is based on an abstract...

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How Army special operators use deepfakes and drones to train for information warfare - Defense One defenseone.com/technology/20…
How Army special operators use deepfakes and drones to train for information warfare

How Army special operators use deepfakes and drones to train for information warfare

One soldier helped create a voice-cloning program using off-the-shelf AI.

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Information operations will be 'foundational' to future DOD efforts, Cybercom chief says | DefenseScoop defensescoop.com/2024/04/17/…

Information operations will be 'foundational' to future DOD efforts, Cybercom chief says

In addition to conducting information operations, the military must begin preparing for how service members and commanders will themselves be targeted, according to the commander of U.S. Cyber...

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China tests US voter fault lines and ramps AI content to boost its geopolitical interests - Microsoft On the Issues blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-i…
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New Report Reveals Dirty Secret of Army Psychological Operations theintercept.com/2024/04/02/…
New Report Reveals Dirty Secret of Army Psychological Operations

New Report Reveals Dirty Secret of Army Psychological Operations

Contrary to Hollywood depictions, Army psyops are an understaffed and ineffective mess.

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A just-published investigation by Russian, American and German journalists has unearthed startling new information about the so-called Havana syndrome. wapo.st/3PHoLkc
Opinion | ‘Havana syndrome’ might have been a Russian attack. The U.S. can’t stop investigating.

Opinion | ‘Havana syndrome’ might have been a Russian attack. The U.S. can’t stop investigating.

New information suggests but does not prove that Russia’s military intelligence agency is responsible for attacks on Americans.

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Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set impossibly high - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/havana-synd…
Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set...

Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set...

Efforts continue to investigate brain injuries suffered by U.S. officials. This is the fourth 60 Minutes Havana Syndrome report and, for the first time, there's evidence of who might be responsible.

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Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on Americans, at home and abroad theins.ru/en/politics/270425
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United States Cyber Force fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/25/…
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GPS Jamming Of U.K. Defense Secretary’s Jet Highlights Russia’s Regional EW Activities twz.com/news-features/gps-ja… #
GPS Jamming Of U.K. Defense Secretary's Jet Highlights Russia's Regional EW Activities

GPS Jamming Of U.K. Defense Secretary's Jet Highlights Russia's Regional EW Activities

The U.K. Defense Secretary was flying home from Poland, and close to Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, when the incident occurred.

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Chinese firm’s leaked files show vast international hacking effort - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort

Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort

The trove shows how Chinese security services promote rivalry between private hacking companies, spurring them to target foreign governments and institutions.

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What worries me most after five years as leader of the NSA wapo.st/49h1pcY
Opinion | I was head of the NSA. In a world of threats, this is my biggest worry.

Opinion | I was head of the NSA. In a world of threats, this is my biggest worry.

If Congress doesn’t act to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, we could lose sight of many external threats.

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US may cut info-warfare assets as China, Russia expand influence ops defenseone.com/policy/2024/0… via @DefenseOne

US may cut info-warfare assets as China, Russia expand influence ops

Key psyops units may get squeezed by a Pentagon effort to trim special-operations forces.

defenseone.com
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New Russian Disinformation Campaigns Prove the Past Is Prequel lawfaremedia.org/article/new… #

New Russian Disinformation Campaigns Prove the Past Is Prequel

State-backed disinformation campaigns are increasingly fueled by artificial intelligence and other new digital technologies, but still grounded in tried-and-true methods and tradecraft.

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