military

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2017
President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence

President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking confidential documents to Wikileaks in 2010. He will be released on May 17th. President Barack Obama took a historic decision, he has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The news was reported by The New York Times, Manning is due to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016
Japan is investigating security breach of Defence Information Infrastructure

The Japanese Government is investigating a reported security breach suffered by the High-speed Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) network. The Defence Information Infrastructure is a high-speed large-capacity communication network connecting SDF bases and camps. The Defence Information Infrastructure comprises two distinct networks, one connected to the Internet and an internal network. The security breach took place […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2016
Secret data on DCNS Scorpene submarines leaked online, it could be a disaster.

The Australian newspaper published over 22,000 secret documents on six DCNS Scorpene submarines that are being built in India. According to The Australian, Indian authorities is investigating a security breach that affected the French Submarine Firm DCNS, which is 35 percent owned by Thales. The investigation started after more than 22,000 pages related to six DCNS Scorpene […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2016
NATO on Cyber Defence : Time Level Up

NATO on Cyber Defence – The cyberspace has become the new battlefield and an ingreasing number of threats leverages on it to target real world assets. ‘We want eight and we won’t wait!’  What could this slogan or chant be for? Maybe Quentin Tarantino was only writing about 7 Hateful people and his publisher wanted […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2016
Media revealed that the Russia is developing its kamikaze drones

According to the RT.com media agency the Russia is developing new kamikaze drones to use in surgical military operations. When you think about possible military uses of drones, surveillance and air strikes are the principal activities that we can imagine. According to the Russian media, the Russia is developing a kamikaze drone that could be used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2016
“Restricted” NATO manual accidentally leaked to boat operators

Incredible, secret plans for NATO exercise Joint Warrior 161 were accidentally sent to Scottish fishermen and ferry operators emails. During the First World War, allied forces were able to read a lot of German radio traffic because of codebooks falling into allied hands.  Eerily reminiscent of those days, NATO forces recently ran into a similar scenario, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2016
Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group, the new hacker unit

The United States Marine Corps has launched on March 25th a new hacker support unit named Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group. It is unnecessary to remind the importance of cyber capabilities in the current military environment. Government and military corps are investing to improve their cyber abilities and exploits the immense possibilities offered by the cyberspace […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2016
Canada – Military data found in hard drive at the recycling depot

A man has found a 30-gigabyte hard drive at a recycling depot in Halifax containing at least 10 GB Canadian military data. According to the Canadian CBC, a man named Pete Stevens has found a 30-gigabyte hard drive at a recycling depot in Halifax. The media support contains personal information including the names and numbers of defence […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2016
Russian Army is largely investing in modern UAVs

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Russian Army received over 1,500 modern UAVs in the last four years. Almost every government is increasing the adoption of drones within its military. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) represent a privileged option for military surveillance, reconnaissance and attack, these vehicles could be used also to improve the physical […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2016
Black Hornet, the military nano drone small like an insect

The Prox Dynamics’ PD-100 Black Hornet 2 is a tiny drone having the dimension of a flying insect and a lot of advanced features. Drones are privileged instruments of surveillance, we read about vehicles equipped with IR cameras or devices to spy on mobile devices. These vehicles are used by armies, intelligence and law enforcement agencies during their […]