military technology
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NATO Plays Cyberwar to Prep for a Real Russian Attack
Cybersecurity experts representing 30 NATO members are fighting a digital war this week to defend a fictional island country. Though “Berylia” is fake, experts involved hope the lessons learned from the staged attack will better prepare them for the possibility of a Russian attack as war ravages Ukraine.
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What’s the Most Significant Hack in History?
On some level, all of us are waiting for the big one — the hack that downs the internet, paralyzes infrastructure, maybe launches a couple nukes. If that day never arrives, it will be largely thanks to the legions of malefactors who, over the years, have hacked this or that government or corporation and thus…
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China Launched and Landed a Secret Reusable Spacecraft While You Weren’t Looking
In recent days, China has quietly launched a secret reusable spacecraft, left it in orbit for two days and safely landed it back on Earth. And although the spacecraft is top secret — we’re not even privy to its design — there are some things that China apparently wants the world to know about it.
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U.S. Professor Faces 219 Years In Prison For Sending Missile Chips To China
An adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the University of California in Los Angeles, U.S.A. has been convicted of 18 federal charges in connection with illegally exporting semiconductor chips with military applications to China, The Verge reports.