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Report details U.S. weapons-systems compromised by Chinese hacking

Global Politics

America’s newest and most important weapons systems all rely heavily on computer software to function properly. A new report has found that software, though, may have been compromised by Chinese computer hacking, according to media reports.

New, wide-spread surveillance malware discovered in several Middle East countries

Environment

‘Top Secret America’: How Safe Are We?

The Coming Cyber War

Cyber Security Experts Discover “Flame,” The Newest, Best Way to Spy on a Country

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Richard Clarke on Stuxnet and Cyber-Security

This story has all the trappings of a spy novel, or a James Bond film.  Espionage. International intrigue. Underground nuclear development. It would make for quite a work of fiction…except that this story is true. In 2010, a little virus called Stuxnet caused severe damage to an Iranian uranium-enrichment facility, effectively delaying Iran’s nuclear capabilities for […]

The World

‘Top Secret America’: the hidden side of government after 9/11

Global Politics

A new Frontline documentary and investigative book chronicle the proliferation of covert operations and government organizations that began cropping up in the wake of 9/11.

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