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Cyber

Chinese National Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Hack Defense Contractor Systems

Friday, July 15th, 2016

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Chinese National Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Hack Defense Contractor Systems

A Chinese national who conspired with Chinese military officers to hack into U.S. defense contractor computer networks and stole military technical data was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison, according to the Justice Department.The conspirator, Su Bin (also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin), a China-based businessman in the aviation and aerospace fields, previously pleaded guilty on March 23 to one count of conspiring to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer and to violate the…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]