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The Army Doesn't Want You to See the Results of Its Shady PTSD Probe
February 28, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
This past fall, the Army found out the results of a probe meant to determine if psychiatrists were reversing soldiers' PTSD diagnoses to save the government money by denying them medical retirements. Months later, they still don't want anyone knowing what's in those files. The Army has refused to release ...
China Says U.S. Is on Offense in Hacking Attacks on Defense Ministry
February 28, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Ten days to the day that cyber security firm Mandiant released a blistering report on China's state-sponsored sustained hacking of the United States's vital infrastructure and top companies, the Chinese Ministry of Defense has its own report about the U.S. hacking two vital military sites. "According to the IP addresses, ...
China Says the U.S. Is Actually the Hacker You Should Be Worried About
February 20, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Days after cybersecurity firm Mandiant published an eye-popping report of state-sponsored cyber espionage by the China's People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese have fired back. They're not only denying that they are behind the attack, they also say that they're actually the victim and that the United States of America is ...
Anonymous Wants to Ruin Your State of the Union Livestream
February 12, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Another big, bad Anonymous hack is knocking on cyber doorsteps — and freaking out Washington: The do-gooder hacking collective plans to target cord cutters and anyone using the Internet to watch the State of the Union address online, blacking out President Obama's speech for the causes of Aaron Swartz, the ...
Are Spy Drones Being Used to Find Fugitive Christopher Dorner?
February 11, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
The Internet erupted with some pretty shocking news yesterday: that the police were using drones to find wanted cop-killer Christopher Dorner. If true, it would be another odd turn in this massive manhunt, but despite claims to the contrary, he wouldn't be the first human target on American soil. London's ...
North Korean video imagines what it would be like to wipe out a U.S. city
February 5, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
North Korea likes to drop hints about annihilating the United States with nuclear weapons, but just to make it clear, they've produced a helpful propaganda film to show exactly how that's going to go down. The video—which was posted on one of North Korea's official propaganda websites, Uriminzokkiri, over the ...
You might want to be prepared for two North Korean nuclear tests
February 4, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Not satisfied with upsetting the entire world with a new nuclear weapons test, there's now speculation that North Korea may be planning two tests, possibly back-to-back or even simultaneously. When last we had checked with them, there were reports that the North Koreans were camouflaging an entrance to one of ...
Here’s the North Korea nuclear site they’re trying to hide from the world
February 1, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Want one more sign that North Korea is getting closer to their third nuclear test? They've started to camouflage and cover the entrance to an underground nuclear testing tunnel at the Punggye-ri facility so that no one can see what they're doing. "Analysis showed a camouflage net looking like a ...
Iran and North Korea are upping their nuclear games
January 31, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
There are two countries in this world that we'd rather not see tinker with nuclear energy: Iran and North Korea. And it just so happens one of those is now prepping for a nuclear test, while the other is bragging about how it's putting its program into overdrive. Let's start ...
North Korea and its gulags are now on Google Maps
January 29, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Thanks to citizen cartographers, Google is finally able to fill in one of the last blank spaces on its version of Earth. Last night, the company added North Korea to vast database, and now we can see things like the Hermit Kingdom's mass transit routes, Pyongyang's parks, and even the ...
