Pentagon Grapples With Securing AI as It Moves Toward Autonomous Warfare

What happened Senior US military leaders are publicly wrestling with how to secure and govern AI systems as the Defense Department moves toward autonomous warfare capabilities, according to remarks made by Chairman ...

Pentagon CIO Kirsten Davies Announces New Team Appointments

What happened Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies announced several new appointments to her leadership team on April 10, 2026, as she advances digital transformation efforts at the Defense Department. Ryan McArthur ...
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DoD Turns to Stronger Alliances to Combat Cyberthreats

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The Pentagon is undertaking a much more proactive approach to cybersecurity, with plans to more closely partner with the private sector and ally nations being a key part of an overhauled cyber ...
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OPSEC FAIL: US Military Email Going to Mali — via Typo

MX Mixup: Russian-allied government can intercept “highly sensitive information”—because there’s no “I” in .ML ...
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Surprise! US DoD Server Had no Password — 3TB of Sensitive Data Leaked

Surprise! US DoD Server Had no Password — 3TB of Sensitive Data Leaked

Sensitive military data found on unprotected Microsoft Azure server. Defense Department email store left insecure for at least 11 days ...
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Ex-DoD Security Chief: China is Winning—it’s ‘A Done Deal’

Ex-DoD Security Chief: China is Winning—it’s ‘A Done Deal’

The former chief software officer for the US Air Force, Nicolas Chaillan, says the U.S. is falling far behind China in cybersecurity ...
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U.S. DoD has World’s Largest Honeypot: 6% of Internet Space

U.S. DoD has World’s Largest Honeypot: 6% of Internet Space

175 million IP addresses owned by the U.S. Defense Department have “appeared” on the public internet ...
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Pentagon data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk

Pentagon data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk

The Pentagon has admitted that up to 30,000 military workers and civilian personnel have had their personal information and credit card data exposed following a security breach. The security breach occurred at ...