Cybertruck driver used ChatGPT to plan Las Vegas attack

Police found a six-page manifesto on Matthew Livelsberger’s phone and said he used ChatGPT to plan his New Year’s Day bombing at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Tuesday. A few Read More …

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by Read More …

Pentagon Creates Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

On March 21, President Joe Biden nominated Michael Sulmeyer, principal cyber adviser to the secretary of the Army, to serve as assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, or ASD(CP). Ashley Manning, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, is Read More …

Funding delivered to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering $163 million in funding to upgrade Fort Eisenhower’s Cyber Center of Excellence. The funding comes after the Ft. Eisenhower Cyber Center Enhancement Act through the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act was passed, which authorized Read More …

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested and Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information

Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, was arrested today at Fort Campbell following an indictment by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense Read More …

Military leaders warn U.S. must prepare for cyber, infrastructure threat

The United States must immediately get ready for domestic, cyber-enabled attacks on critical domestic infrastructure and guard against foreign-initiated information operations targeted at the American people, according to speakers and panelists at an Association of the U.S. Army symposium on Read More …

US cyber team unearths malware during ‘hunt-forward’ mission in Latvia

A team of U.S. cyber specialists discovered malware during a three-month deployment to Latvia while scouring digital infrastructure for weaknesses. The so-called hunt-forward operation, conducted by the Cyber National Mission Force, was the second such endeavor in the former Soviet Read More …

Uncle Sam reveals it sent cyber-soldiers to Albania to hunt for Iranian threats

US Cyber Command operators have confirmed they carried out an online defensive mission in Albania, in response to last year’s cyber attacks against the local government. Over the course of the three-month deployment, Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) troops worked Read More …

Transnational fraud ring stole millions from US Army members, veterans

Fredrick Brown, a former U.S. Army contractor, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison after admitting to his role in a conspiracy that targeted thousands of U.S. service members and veterans and caused millions of dollars in losses. Brown Read More …