Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

Building a resilient cyber future

During the early days of the Cold War, American planners wrestled with the emerging challenge of deterring a Soviet nuclear strike. Recognizing the destructive potential of nuclear weapons, the U.S. opted...

U.S. Sanctions and Indicts Chinese Enablers of North Korean Cyber Theft

The U.S. government sanctioned and indicted two Chinese nationals on March 2 for helping North Korea launder the proceeds of its cybertheft operations. In its indictment, the Justice Department (DOJ) showed...

China’s political warfare strategy takes hit from coronavirus

The Wuhan coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2 as the World Health Organization has named it and the Chinese would prefer it to be called, may be on the verge of becoming a pandemic. If it continues to spread,...

The Cyber Threat from Iran after the Death of Soleimani

Excerpt Tensions between the United States and Iran have been escalating since the Trump administration came into office in January 20171 and withdrew from—and in November 2018 began reimposing sanctions...

North Korea is relying on the internet more, creating an opening for the US

A new report by Recorded Future, a private cybersecurity company, found that the North Korean regime is growing more reliant on cyber operations as a “critical tool for revenue generation, gaining access...

Justice Department Brands Huawei as a Criminal Enterprise

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies and its subsidiaries last week for alleged racketeering, theft of intellectual property, and conspiracy...

China and the Future of Defense

Episode 49

Turkey’s Pro-Government Hackers Grow Bolder

British and American officials have attributed a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign to hackers aligned with the Turkish government. The discovery of Ankara’s brazen cyber offensive, whose main targets...

In victory for Beijing, Britain welcomes ‘high risk’ Huawei

The British government announced in late January it will allow the Chinese company Huawei to supply part of the United Kingdom’s next-generation 5G data network – despite the government’s own assessment...

Comments Related to U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules and their Impact on U.S. National Security

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Breaking China

With American help, the Communist regime has grown richer and more oppressive

DOJ Charges Cryptocurrency Developer with Helping Pyongyang Evade Sanctions

The U.S. Department of Justice arrested Virgil Griffith, an American cryptocurrency developer, last week on charges of helping the North Korean regime evade sanctions by using blockchain technology and...

Maximum Pressure 2.0

A Plan for North Korea

Artificial Intelligence and the Adversary

What will Beijing do with the data it stole about American military service members and others?

Counting Pennies Underestimates the Value of Treasury’s Cyber Sanctions

A U.S. Treasury Department report released publicly last month stated that, over the past six months, private institutions blocked only one transaction – worth $0.04 – pursuant to U.S. sanctions on...

The Economic Dimension of Great-Power Competition and the Role of Cyber as a Key Strategic Weapon

Excerpt Napoleon Bonaparte may have said that an army marches on its stomach, but it is perhaps even truer that a military force marches, sails, flies, and attacks on the back of its nation’s economy....

Now’s the time to respond to North Korean cyber operations

A U.N. Panel of Experts released a report Aug. 30 on North Korea’s continued efforts to evade international sanctions. The media’s coverage of the report focused heavily on North Korea’s...

New U.S. Sanctions on North Korea Are Insufficient

The Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacking organization, and two of its subsidiaries for generating revenue by illicit means in order to facilitate Pyongyang’s...

The Role of Cyber Insurance in Securing the Private Sector

FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation

(Washington, DC, September 3, 2019) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) today announced 21 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Cyber and Technology...