With the world “at the precipice of . . . the quantum revolution,” an Australian think-tank says countries which master the technology “will dominate the information processing space for decades and perhaps centuries to come.” It says this would enable them to influence and even control key industrial sectors as well as national security and intelligence. [node:read-more:link]
With the world “at the precipice of . . . the quantum revolution,” an Australian think-tank says countries which master the technology “will dominate the information processing space for decades and perhaps centuries to come.” It says this would enable them to influence and even control key industrial sectors as well as national security and intelligence. [node:read-more:link]
Hoping to compete more effectively with China and Russia in artificial intelligence development, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said his department will launch a new partnership with more than 10 countries, possibly this week. The goal is to “create new frameworks and tools for data sharing, cooperative development, and strengthened interoperability” among allies. [node:read-more:link]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given all federal departments and agencies until the end of today to deal with a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows which was disclosed more than a month ago. The agency warns that failure to apply an update released by Microsoft could have dire consequences. [node:read-more:link]
Senior advisors to U.S. President Trump reportedly persuaded him last week not to order an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Their meeting followed an International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran had significantly increased its stockpile of nuclear material. [node:read-more:link]
Senior advisors to U.S. President Trump reportedly persuaded him last week not to order an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Their meeting followed an International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran had significantly increased its stockpile of nuclear material. [node:read-more:link]
Michael Flynn, the retired U.S. Army General who pleaded guilty twice to lying to FBI investigators about interaction with Russian contacts during Donald Trump’s transition into power in 2016, has received a full presidential pardon. Flynn, who led the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2014 and became Trump’s National Security Advisor, was fired in February 2017. [node:read-more:link]
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been told by Federal Court that it needs a warrant when using a particular technology to “learn about an individual's private activities and personal choices” from mobile sources as part of its intelligence-gathering mandate. Information about the technology was redacted from the just-released ruling handed down last summer. [node:read-more:link]
Code developed by the U.S. National Security Agency evidently has been used by Chinese hackers, according to an Israeli company. Check Point Software Technologies reports that some aspects of “Jian” malware linked to China were so similar they could only have been stolen from National Security Agency software leaked in 2017. [node:read-more:link]
Sensitive documents released by the Canada Border Services Agency in an immigration case before the Federal Court were ostensibly redacted. However the CBSA wants the documents back because when the documents’ format was changed, the redaction “could be lifted to reveal confidential and sensitive information.” [node:read-more:link]
More than two years after he and another Canadian, Michael Kovrig, were detained in China for alleged espionage, Michael Spavor’s closed-court “trial” today in Dandong lasted only two hours. Spavor and his lawyer appeared for the hearing but other parties, including Canadian consular officials, were not permitted on national security grounds. The court will eventually set a day for issuing a verdict but Chinese courts have a conviction rate of more than 99 per cent. Kovrig’s trial is set for March 21. [node:read-more:link]
A report by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies warns that even if the U.S. manages to keep its allies from using Chinese telecommunications technology, Beijing’s “digital silk road” strategy enables China to burrow into those countries' economies and infrastructure, creating dependencies that may ultimately weaken alliance ties. [node:read-more:link]
President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. governments chief information office is Clare Martorama. She began her public career in 2016 at the U.S. Digital Service, working with Veterans Affairs. [node:read-more:link]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is discounting reports that China had banned his companies automobiles from military facilities due to fears that onboard cameras could be used to gather intelligence. “There's a very strong incentive for us to be very confidential with any information,” he says. “If Tesla used cars to spy in China or anywhere, we will get shut down.” [node:read-more:link]
Twenty-six persons, including 16 former Turkish Aerospace Industries employees and a former member of the government’s defence procurement agency, were detained today on suspicion of espionage. They also are accused of what Turkey says is a terrorist organization run by an exiled Muslim cleric. [node:read-more:link]
