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12 articles matching “Infrastructure”
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Aug 27, 2026
Russia's Dawei Bet: A Megaport on the Front Line of Myanmar's Civil War
Russia is backing a deep-sea port on Myanmar's Andaman coast while the army burns villages to clear the land around it, a sign the civil war has… -
Oct 07, 2026
The Authorized Leak: When Lawful Access to National ID Systems Becomes the Vulnerability
National ID systems are being exploited through their lawful periphery, not their core, as incidents in Denmark, Nigeria, and India show; redesigning… -
Oct 07, 2026
ARTEX AI Hit Seven South Korean Banks. Attribution Just Got Harder.
Investigators say a Chinese-built AI penetration tool was used to breach at least seven South Korean financial institutions, in what the president… -
Oct 03, 2026
How One IP Address Change Cost HSI Months of Wiretap Downtime
An ICE procurement record reveals how one 2025 ISP change severed the static-IP links carrying HSI wiretaps from roughly 50 providers, leaving… -
Sep 23, 2026
The Foreign Dependencies Inside China’s State AI Clouds
China can build domestic AI switches, but advanced silicon, optical components, and software integration still create a narrow foreign dependency… -
Sep 06, 2026
Isar's Spectrum Reached Orbit. The Test of European Space Sovereignty Starts Now.
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum finally delivered satellites to orbit from Norway, proving a private European rocket can fly. The harder test is whether… -
Sep 05, 2026
U.S. Grid Cyber Rules Are Finally Catching Up With Virtualized Operations
FERC now lets U.S. grid operators virtualize critical control systems; whether resilience outpaces the new risks depends on oversight and uneven… -
Sep 05, 2026
Can a Satellite Network Be Sovereign if SpaceX Owns It? Hungary's 4iG Deal Will Test the Answer
Hungary's 4iG and SpaceX are building Starlink Mobile and "Sovereign Solutions" services, so the real question is what architecture, keys, gateways… -
Sep 02, 2026
Orbital Grappling: Inside the Quiet U.S.–China Race to Build Maneuverable Spacecraft
A Chinese tug towed a dead satellite out of geostationary orbit in 2022. Both Washington and Beijing are now building spacecraft that can grab… -
Aug 29, 2026
17,000 Cracks and a $76 Million Bribe Trail: The Coca Codo Sinclair Reckoning
A Quito court sentenced Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for taking bribes tied to Ecuador's largest hydroelectric plant. The money trail, not… -
Aug 26, 2026
The Quiet Relay: How China-Linked Hackers Turned IoT Devices Into Espionage Highways
The QScan and QTRouter takedown reveals how ordinary routers, cameras, and other connected devices can become hidden relay points for foreign cyber… -
Aug 26, 2026
America's Invisible Clock: What Happens If GPS Timing Fails?
The Night the Clocks Went Wrong in San Diego On a January evening in 2007, residents of San Diego, California, began noticing something strange. Cell…
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