by crissly | Jun 21, 2022 | AI Hub, AI Hub / Application / Ethics, AI Hub / Application / Surveillance, AI Hub / Application / Text analysis, AI Hub / End User / Government, AI Hub / Sector / Defense, AI Hub / Sector / Public safety, AI Hub / Source Data / Images, AI Hub / Source Data / Text, AI Hub / Technology / Machine learning, AI Hub / Technology / Machine vision, Security, Security / National Security
In one example of the IC’s successful use of AI, after exhausting all other avenues—from human spies to signals intelligence—the US was able to find an unidentified WMD research and development facility in a large Asian country by locating a bus that traveled between...
by crissly | May 3, 2022 | Security, Security / National Security
“Legal scholarship provides little clarity regarding § 641’s interpretation; only a few scholars have even recognized § 641’s application to information,” reads a Columbia Law Review article about the statute’s use for prosecuting leakers, written by...
by crissly | Apr 13, 2022 | Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security
Malware designed to target industrial control systems like power grids, factories, water utilities, and oil refineries represents a rare species of digital badness. So when the United States government warns of a piece of code built to target not just one of those...
by crissly | Apr 8, 2022 | Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security
Since Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied that offensive, striking everything from Ukrainian government agencies to satellite networks, with mixed results. Less expected, however, was...
by crissly | Mar 20, 2022 | Security, Security / National Security
A graphic designer and illustrator now in his twenties, Worley was one of the lucky children to escape a bleak cluster bomb fate. And while the bombings occurred long before Worley’s birth, he talks about their present-day consequences without concern or a sense of...
by crissly | Feb 15, 2022 | Security, Security / National Security
In recent weeks, nearly every corner of the US government has been brought to bear on that same question: The Transportation Security Administration, which oversees pipeline security, in addition to its better-known role of passenger screening at airports, has issued...
