Category: cyber warfare

Pentagon Cyber Chief Nominee Calls on ‘Whiz Kids’ to Defend Nation on Digital Battlefields

A “dual hat” consolidation of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) cyber warfare operations will improve critical infrastructure resiliency while sharpening the Pentagon’s ability to preemptively eliminate cyber threats before they manifest, the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command said during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing on July 20. The proposed permanent merger of the…


Communist China’s Cyber Attacks Must Be Declared Acts of War

Commentary We have been fools. We will continue to be fooled until our politicians fight communist China’s unrestricted cyber warfare against the United States with more than hot air. The latest evidence of such warfare is a newly published Microsoft report documenting the breathtaking scope of this particular form of communist Chinese aggression. According to…


China Revises Military Conscription Laws, Eyeing Space, Cyberwarfare

China’s newly revised military conscription laws went into effect on May 1. Its focus on reenlisting retired service people and recruiting college students with expertise in space and cyberwarfare has drawn widespread attention.  The amended conscription regulations were approved by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) State Council and the Central Military Commission in April….


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber U.S. Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlines the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the U.S. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. One soldier is injured. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they were based….


NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber U.S. Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlines the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the U.S. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. One soldier is injured. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they were based….


NTD Good Morning (April 28): FBI Director Says CCP Hackers Outnumber US Cyber Agents 50-1; 3 US Soldiers Die in Apache Crash

FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined the challenges his agency faces in cyber warfare. We share what he had to say about threats against the United States. Three U.S. Army soldiers were killed and one was injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided on April 27. The accident happened in Alaska near Fort Wainwright where they…


Winner Takes All: The US-China Race to AI Mastery

Commentary The AI-powered ChatGPT is intensifying the competition between the United States and China for artificial intelligence dominance. The stakes couldn’t be higher. For the sake of clarity, ChatGPT is the AI-driven tool that can create documents, reports, and other content with just a question or a few key words. It was created by OpenAI,…


Experts Say America Should Team With Other Nations to Combat High-Tech Threats

The outcome of the Ukraine war will depend on Ukrainian blood and American communications tech, said David Ignatius, a German Marshall Fund board member. Ignatius spoke at a fund discussion on the “Foreign Policy of Technology”, along with diplomat and former U.S. Marine officer Nate Fick. Ukraine is just one of many areas where technology…


Cybercrime Reports Surge as Cyberspace Turns Into a ‘Battleground,’ Report Shows

Cybercrime is on the rise, with over 76,000 cybercrime reports in the 2021-22 year, a jump of nearly 13 percent from the previous period. This is equivalent to one report every eight minutes, compared to every seven minutes in the last financial year, says the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in its annual cyber threat…


Despite China’s ‘Vast Capacity’ in Cyber Warfare, It Is an ‘Unknown Quantity’: UK Expert

An expert on cyber warfare told a webinar in London that China has a “vast capacity” but is an “unknown quantity when it comes to execution.” Daniel Moore, the author of a new book called Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare, said the recent experience of the Ukraine conflict had shown that Russian cyber warriors…