Intelligence

Typhon, European Deterrence and Industrial Ambition for Deep Precision Strike (Linus Terhorst – RUSI)

As far as naming missiles go, Greek mythology has been a thankful source for inspiration: the British Trident missiles allude to Poseidon’s weapon of...

Chinese cyberattack on US nuclear agency highlights importance of cyber hygiene (Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan – ASPI The Strategist)

Cyberattacks on any critical infrastructure should be alarming, but attacks on nuclear infrastructure are all the more so due to the potential consequences, including...

What Trump’s Submarine Threat and Russia’s INF Exit Really Mean (Heather Williams – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Social media is again the preferred platform for nuclear signaling. On August 1, Trump announced in a social media post that he was ordering...

Opportunities to Strengthen U.S. Biosecurity from AI-Enabled Bioterrorism: What Policymakers Should Know (Georgia Adamson and Gregory C. Allen – Center for Strategic & International...

The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology presents incredible opportunities to accelerate scientific discovery and improve global health—opportunities that the United States must...

Germany’s top court holds that police can only use spyware to investigate serious crimes (Suzanne Smalley – The Record)

Germany’s highest court on Thursday ruled that law enforcement cannot use spyware to monitor personal devices in cases that carry less than a three...

US confirms takedown of BlackSuit ransomware gang that racked up $370 million in ransoms (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

U.S. law enforcement agencies provided new details on an operation that dismantled critical infrastructure used by the BlackSuit ransomware gang after the organization’s leak...

Cyberattack hits France’s third-largest mobile operator, millions of customers affected (Alexander Martin – The Record)

Bouygues Telecom, one of France’s largest telecom companies and its third-largest mobile operator, announced on Wednesday being hit by a cyberattack that compromised the...

Tailored psychological warfare: a deepfake video of Hong Kong activists (Sze-Fung Lee – ASPI The Strategist)

A deepfake video fabricating an online conversation between prominent Hong Kong activists has become the first known exercise in the next level of AI-enabled...

Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program—Can It Rebuild? (Joseph Rodgers, Heather Williams, and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22, “Operation Midnight Hammer,” policymakers and experts launched into a...

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