DefenceTalkUS President Barack Obama said Monday he will introduce legislation to beef up and standardize personal data protection on the Internet. “Right now, almost every state has a different law on this, and it’s confusing for consumers and it’s confusing for companies — and it’s costly, too,” Obama told the Federal Trade Commission, the US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-calls-for-stronger-personal-data-protection-61888/

DefenceTalkA group declaring sympathy for the Islamic State jihadist group hacked US Central Command’s Twitter account and YouTube page Monday, posting internal military documents online. The self-declared Cybercaliphate “is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base,” the hackers wrote on the seized Twitter feed for Centcom, which oversees the US-led air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pro-is-hackers-seize-us-centcom-social-media-accounts-61845/

DefenceTalkUruguay Border Monitoring System Project (UBOMS), which began in 2013 with the signature of the contract between General Command of Uruguayan Army and Aselsan A.Ş., was completed with success, and the Aselsan Mobile Border Security System was delivered to the Uruguayan Army. The sensors and all units enclosed in the Aselsan Mobile Border Security System […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uruguay-deploys-turkish-border-surveillance-61287/

DefenceTalkThe Kremlin on Friday published a revised military doctrine that labels NATO a fundamental threat to Russian security, and reflects the dramatically deteriorated relations between Moscow and the West. Approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the doctrine decries the “reinforcement of NATO’s offensive capacities directly on Russia’s borders, and measures taken to deploy a global […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-russian-military-doctrine-labels-nato-security-threat-61216/

DefenceTalkHackers invoked the 9/11 attacks Tuesday in their most chilling threat yet against Sony Pictures, again warning the Hollywood studio not to release a film which has angered North Korea. The threat came as lawyers filed a class action suit against the embattled studio alleging that it failed to protect employees’ data, stolen in a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hackers-invoke-911-in-new-chilling-sony-threat-61178/

DefenceTalkNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has voiced concern about Russia’s “aggressive” behavior. He told a press conference that the alliance was working on a “spearhead” to deter any possible threat. Beginning early next year NATO will have a new reaction force ready, which can be deployed more rapidly on its eastern border. This new force, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-prepares-spearhead-to-ward-off-russia-61095/

DefenceTalkPakistan is expected to shift from a mostly rural country to mostly urban country within the next two to three decades, which could have far-reaching effects on its future politics and stability. A new study from the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, examines three cities in Pakistan – Karachi, Lahore and Quetta – to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/drivers-of-long-term-insecurity-and-instability-in-pakistan-60947/

DefenceTalkThe US military is looking to flex its muscles in cyberspace as a “deterrence” to hackers eying American targets, the nation’s top cyber-warrior said Tuesday. Admiral Mike Rogers, who heads the Pentagon’s Cyber Command as well as the National Security Agency, evoked a policy often put forward for avoiding nuclear warfare, because holding powerful weapons […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-eyes-cyber-deterrence-to-stop-hackers-60896/

DefenceTalkChina deployed more than 1,200 troops and scrambled fighter jets in response to an unauthorised flight near Beijing airport by what turned out to be a mapping drone, state-run media reported Thursday. Three men are being prosecuted over the incident, the China Daily said. It cited prosecutors as saying that 1,226 military personnel, 123 military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mapping-drone-prompts-china-to-scramble-fighter-jets-60837/

DefenceTalkIndia wants to resolve its border row with China but will not compromise on territory, the country’s new national security adviser said Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between troops on the disputed border last month. Hundreds of Chinese troops allegedly moved into territory claimed by India ahead of a visit by China’s President Xi Jinping […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-says-no-compromise-with-china-on-territory-60798/