Phil Muncaster The US has turned up the pressure on Chinese technology firms after the Department of Defense ordered all military bases to stop selling Huawei and ZTE devices out…
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Classified Pentagon data leaked on the public cloud
Classified Pentagon data was mistakenly left exposed on an unsecured public cloud server, cyber-security researchers have discovered. The 100GB of data is from a failed joint intelligence-sharing programme run by…
US nuclear force still uses floppy disks
The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disks, a government report has revealed. The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon was one of…
Hackers wanted: Pentagon tests US cyber defences in first programme of its kind
Hackers wanted to break into the Pentagon. No you’re not misreading that: in the first ever programme of its kind the US government has launched the initiative to test the…
Pentagon invites hackers in and backs encryption
The Pentagon has invited external experts to hack into its systems in the first such test of its cybersecurity measures. The method is often used by private companies that want…