cyberwar
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Obama Authorised Cyberstrikes Against Russia Through Secret Program That Continues Under Trump
Following the Kremlin-directed cyberattacks that upended the Democratic Party last summer, then-President Barack Obama reportedly approved the use of cyberweapons targeting sensitive Russian computer systems, according to a new report from the Washington Post — one of the most comprehensive so far to describe the administration’s response to the Kremlin’s aggression.
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How DARPA’s Using The Oculus Rift To Make A Cyberwarfare Battlefield
Wired just published an in-depth piece on how DARPA is “weaponising” the Oculus Rift for cyberwar. But does this mean that soldiers are about to start firing at each other in virtual reality? No, of course not. But it’s an interesting development for a piece of technology dreamt up for games (in which you often…
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Syria Is Completely Cut Off From The Internet Again
As the country has done before, Syria cut off the internet for all its citizens earlier today. As in all internet access has completely disappeared. Google’s Transparency Report, which shows traffic to Google, reveals that Syria pretty much no longer exists on the internet.
