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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – August 24, 2017
Tidbits from Both Sides of the Fight leave a comment » #Afghanistan “Canada won’t join U.S. missile defence, send troops to Afghanistan, Trudeau says” – “Justin Trudeau: Canada Won’t Be Joining U.S....
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US invests $17M in laser tech
By: Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy...
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Senate Intelligence Committee takes aim at cyber vulnerabilities
By: Mark Pomerleau The Senate Intelligence Committee’s annual intelligence bill is taking aim at the process by which the federal government discloses cyber vulnerabilities. The bill, which passed in...
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Report: Critical infrastructure under risk of ‘9/11-level cyber attack’
By: Mark Pomerleau A successful cyberattack on the nation’s critical infrastructure has long been considered a looming and catastrophic threat. It’s not difficult to imagine what such an attack would...
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Facebook shuts down 1 million accounts per day but can’t stop all ‘threat...
It’s not that I don’t believe them, it’s just many of us don’t see tangible results. Comments on this from friends on Facebook, some of us interact with Russian trolls daily. They don’t turn off...
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From Russia With #HateGroup?
@DFRLab @AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Catalyzing a global network of digital forensic researchers, following conflicts in real time. Aug 25 Analyzing a bot attack on a news site in...
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An Afghanistan Cultural War Story…
Most “war stories” start out “There I was, knee deep in hand grenade pins, and…”. Everything after that is totally mythical, mystical, and is seeking a payoff in the form of a shot of whiskey or a beer...
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China orders internet comments linked to real identities
Another way to silence dissent. Jon Fingas, @jonfingas 27 August 2017 China isn’t slowing down in its bid to silence online political opposition. As of October 1st, the country will require that tech...
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As ‘Death to America’ Chants Lose Power, Iran Retools Propaganda With Rap Videos
By THOMAS ERDBRINK AUG. 26, 2017 TEHRAN — It’s a common theme in the state-controlled media in Iran: The armed forces are not to be trifled with; they’re tough men doing a tough job, defending a...
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Ukraine Tricked North Korean Spies Into Trying To Steal Fake Nuke Plans On...
By ALEX LOCKIE, BUSINESS INSIDER on August 25, 2017 Ukraine has released footage of two North Korean spies exuberantly photographing fake missile designs in 2011, as part of a sting operation that...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 28 August 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Amb Volker interviewed by FT (and many other MSM citing it). Stoltenberg criticises the “EU Army” with good argument....
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Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads
by Anthony Ha (@anthonyha) Facebook says it’s taking another step against Pages that share fabricated news stories. The company has already been working with outside fact-checkers like Snopes and the...
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PENCE’S VISIT TO ESTONIA ‘AN EPISODE OF GAME OF THRONES’
As is the case with most things Russian, I have to further analyze what is real and what is “no real” (not real for those of you who didn’t follow the show “Deal or No Deal”. The author’s major point...
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Is Your Website Blocked In Russia?
There is a new website, Is it blocked in Russia? Why is Russia Blocking Websites? Below is some quick information about why Russia is blocking access to websites within the country. Blacklist Russia...
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Finnish military rejects request for Russian tall ship visit to Åland
A friend shared: So, Åland is actually in the middle of an important shipping lane between Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea. Åland is also exempt from conscription and considered a demilitarized zone and...
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Moscow Times: Kremlin Is Losing the Information War (Op-Ed)
Sep 17, 2015 — 19:28 — Update: Aug. 25 2017 — 14:17 By Maria Snegovaya Pro-Kremlin media have bombarded the world with reports of fascists, crucified children and beheaded pro-Russian militiamen...
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FBI: Chinese man supplied rare malware used in OPM breach
By: Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press 28 August 2017 LOS ANGELES — A Chinese man has been charged in California with distributing a type of computer malware that has been linked to attacks on U.S....
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Putin saw the Panama Papers as a personal attack and may have wanted revenge,...
By Adam Taylor August 28 at 1:47 PM Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan first published “The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online...
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#BotSpot: Twelve Ways to Spot a Bot
@DFRLab @AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Catalyzing a global network of digital forensic researchers, following conflicts in real time. Aug 28 Some tricks to identify fake Twitter...
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Press Release: 48th Air Expeditionary Group deploys to Lithuania
Press Release Baltic Air Policing News Release Headquarters, United States European Command Media Operations Division Unit 30400, Box 1000, APO, AE 09128 Tel: +49 (0)711 680-6868/6618 E-mail:...
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