Hacker News with Generative AI: National Security

America's National Security Wonderland (americanaffairsjournal.org)
The twenty-first century was supposed to be the new American century. The Soviet Union had been defeated, and the Western model of liberalism and free markets now stood without any serious ideological or political challengers. Yet today, a mere quarter into this once promising century, the wheels are coming off the wagon.
National Security, Politics, USA
30 points by yo_yo_yo-yo 13 hours ago | 30 comments
The Rise and Fall of America's Response to Foreign Election Meddling (lawfaremedia.org)
The administration is dismantling U.S. capacity against foreign interference despite the urgency of the work being done.
Politics, Foreign Policy, Elections, United States, National Security
39 points by mplanchard 14 hours ago | 10 comments
Google Ad-Tech Targets National Security Decision Makers, People with Diseases (wired.com)
A WIRED investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising ecosystem reveals that a wealth of sensitive information on Americans is being openly served up to some of the world’s largest brands despite the company’s own rules against it.
Google, Advertising, Privacy, National Security, Health
5 points by impish9208 1 day ago | 0 comments
DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier Than (cyberintel.substack.com)
Over the past month, an unprecedented number of critical government systems, including those at the nation’s nuclear research labs, have been exposed to the open internet. This exposure jeopardizes both U.S. national security and the privacy of millions of Americans.
Cybersecurity, Government, National Security
99 points by jc_811 7 days ago | 29 comments
China recruits for 'planetary defence force' amid fear of asteroid hitting Earth (theguardian.com)
China has begun recruiting for a planetary defence force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably hit Earth in 2032.
Space Exploration, China, Asteroids, National Security
12 points by cyberlimerence 7 days ago | 0 comments
DOGE is Hacking America (schneier.com)
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.
National Security, Government, Security Breaches
19 points by cassidius 9 days ago | 1 comments
The 'Mosaic' Method and the Value of CIA Names to U.S. Adversaries (lawfaremedia.org)
CIA, Intelligence, Espionage, National Security, Methodology
19 points by hn_acker 11 days ago | 3 comments
NSF Budget Cuts Would Put the Future of U.S. Innovation and Security at Risk (cra.org)
Recent executive actions have raised the potential of significant budget cuts and mass layoffs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), a move that should cause deep concern to anyone worried about U.S. innovation, national security, and workforce competitiveness.
Science, Government Funding, National Security
8 points by sankha93 11 days ago | 0 comments
The NSA's "Big Delete" (popular.info)
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion."
National Security, Censorship, Politics, Government, Surveillance
18 points by sundaeofshock 11 days ago | 3 comments
Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance: Corona Satellite (2013) [pdf] (nro.gov)
National Security, Satellites, History, Government
23 points by NaOH 12 days ago | 1 comments
DeepSeek is "TikTok on steroids" senator warns amid push for government-wide ban (arstechnica.com)
Lawmakers are now pushing to immediately ban the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices, citing national security concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have built a backdoor into DeepSeek to access Americans' sensitive private data.
National Security, Social Media, China, Artificial Intelligence, Government Regulation
6 points by rntn 15 days ago | 0 comments
CIA Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Employees (nytimes.com)
The C.I.A. sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries.
Politics, National Security, Government, Intelligence
14 points by jbegley 16 days ago | 2 comments
Copyright reform is necessary for national security (annas-archive.org)
TL;DR: Chinese LLMs (including DeepSeek) are trained on my illegal archive of books and papers — the largest in the world. The West needs to overhaul copyright law as a matter of national security.
Copyright Law, National Security, Artificial Intelligence
88 points by artninja1988 20 days ago | 109 comments
Google Sees Iran and China, Russia, North Korea Phishing, Scripting with Gemini (theregister.com)
Google says it's spotted Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean government agents using its Gemini AI for nefarious purposes, with Tehran by far the most frequent naughty user out of the four.
Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, National Security
10 points by rntn 22 days ago | 0 comments
Pentagon took days to remove DeepSeek from staff work computers (bloomberg.com)
US Defense Department employees connected their work computers to Chinese servers to access DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot for at least two days before the Pentagon moved to shut off access, according to a defense official familiar with the matter.
National Security, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, China
9 points by timbourcier 22 days ago | 0 comments
US Civil servants are being asked who they voted for in 2024 election (independent.co.uk)
Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump's team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Politics, US Politics, Elections, Government, National Security
145 points by belter 24 days ago | 123 comments
Application of Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok (whitehouse.gov)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America it is hereby ordered:
National Security, Government, International Relations, Social Media
6 points by mfiguiere 32 days ago | 2 comments
TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users (nytimes.com)
TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday in the face of a federal ban over fears that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to the United States’ national security.
Social Media, National Security, China, United States
14 points by jbegley 35 days ago | 4 comments
Bill Banning Foreign Adversaries Setting Up Shop Near Critical Areas Advances (cowboystatedaily.com)
The Senate Appropriations Committee gave a unanimous thumbs up Thursday to a bill that would ban foreign adversaries from setting up near critical infrastructure in Wyoming.
National Security, Legislation, Wyoming, Infrastructure, Foreign Policy
10 points by LinuxBender 35 days ago | 4 comments
Blue Origin New Glenn Mission NG-1 (video) (blueorigin.com)
New Glenn will launch for the first time from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The NG-1 mission will carry our Blue Ring Pathfinder and mark the vehicle's first National Security Space Launch certification flight.
Spaceflight, Aerospace, National Security, Blue Origin, New Glenn
67 points by mkl 36 days ago | 99 comments
US to ban Russian, Chinese software and hardware in vehicles (abcnews.go.com)
The United States is going to ban Russian and Chinese software in vehicles, according to the Department of Commerce, due to national security concerns.
Politics, National Security, Software, Hardware, Automobiles
36 points by taimurkazmi 37 days ago | 39 comments
Taiwan says cyberattacks on government doubled in 2024, mostly from China (nikkei.com)
Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island's National Security Bureau said, adding most of them were launched by Chinese cyber forces.
Cybersecurity, China, Taiwan, Government, National Security
3 points by mikhael 46 days ago | 0 comments
Biden blocks US Steel takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security (cnbc.com)
Politics, International Relations, Business, National Security
11 points by donsupreme 49 days ago | 1 comments
Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok (arstechnica.com)
In the weeks before Donald Trump takes office, he has moved to delay a nationwide TikTok ban from taking effect until he has a chance to make a deal on his own terms that he believes could allow TikTok to continue operating in the US without posing a national security threat.
Politics, TikTok, National Security
7 points by ralphsebastian 50 days ago | 2 comments
China's plan to dominate legacy chips globally sparks US probe (arstechnica.com)
Under Joe Biden's direction, the US Trade Representative (USTR) launched a probe Monday into China's plans to globally dominate markets for legacy chips—alleging that China's unfair trade practices threaten US national security and could thwart US efforts to build up a domestic semiconductor supply chain.
China, Trade, Semiconductors, National Security, Politics
8 points by jnord 60 days ago | 0 comments
Congress funds removal of Chinese telecom gear as feds probe home router risks (msn.com)
Congress, Telecom, Cybersecurity, National Security, China
4 points by jnord 64 days ago | 1 comments
US may ban TP-Link routers/switches over links to Chinese government (theverge.com)
Authorities in the US are considering a ban on TP-Link internet routers over national security concerns due to their repeated links to Chinese cyberattacks.
National Security, Cybersecurity, Government, China, Technology
22 points by bhouston 65 days ago | 7 comments
Chinese citizen charged with flying drone over key US Military, NASA launch base (nypost.com)
A Chinese citizen has been busted after he allegedly flew a drone and snapped aerial images of the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last month, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
National Security, Drones, China, Military, Space
12 points by blackeyeblitzar 72 days ago | 6 comments
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House (theregister.com)
Chinese cyberspies recorded "very senior" US political figures' calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.
Cybersecurity, China, US Politics, Espionage, National Security
66 points by rntn 74 days ago | 16 comments
Is this the biggest industrial espionage campaign in history? (freethink.com)
In 2016, the Chinese Communist Party announced that producing its own dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips was a national security priority.
Industrial Espionage, China, Technology, National Security, Semiconductor Industry
5 points by neofrommatrix 79 days ago | 0 comments