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Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'

2008-10-10 15:17:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...Army is buying five of the truck-mounted systems for $25 million. But the energy weapon may face new hurdles, before it's shipped off to the battlefield; a new report details how the supposedly non-lethal blaster could be turned into a flesh-frying killer
 
Tags: pain ray, supposedly non-lethal blaster, active denial system, army, microwave-like beam, energy weapon, report details, rioters, killer
 
 
 
 
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center breach through P2P

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2008-06-03 09:14:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Army Contractor/Consultant/Branch Walter Reed Army Medical Center ("WRAMC Victims Military Health System beneficiaries" or patients Number Affected 1,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information Breach Description WASHINGTON (AP) Sensitive information on about 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Army...
 
Tags: information, personal information, walter reed, sensitive information, wramc personnel, wramc, network access control, network access, team wramc
 
 
 
 
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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda.

2008-04-30 04:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...Armys $160-billion, 20-year plan to build a high-tech family of networked robots and hybrid-electric armored vehicles. The Future Combat Systems program, co-managed by Boeing and consultants SAIC, aims to equip roughly a third of the Army with 14 new vehicle types that are connected constantly to a vast communications net The theory behind...
 
Tags: fcs network devices, fcs, network, fcs network hardware, test, radios, network radios, army, fcs coffers
 
 
 
 
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Excel Spreadsheet on the web exposes Army officers and civilians

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2008-04-13 20:23:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Army Contractor/Consultant/Branch United States Army Acquisition Support Center ("USAASC Victims Colonels and civilians who managed programs within ASC Number Affected about two dozen Types of Data name, rank, program and organization" and Social Security numbers Breach Description A spreadsheet containing a "hidden" column of Social...
 
Tags: web, personal information remains, personal information, army, usaascs web site, information, spreadsheet, usaasc response, usaasc
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Army Installing Apple Computers

2008-01-07 06:21:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Army data centers, are proving their mettle. "Those are some of the most attacked computers there are. But the attacks used against them are designed for Windows-based machines, so they shrug them off," he says
 
Tags: apple, apple machines, machines, army data centers, computers, serve servers, windows counterparts, attacks, worth
 
 
 
 
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Swedish Army Loses Classified Information on Memory Stick

2008-01-09 13:46:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Army doesn't encrypt its portable storage devices is beyond me
 
Tags: stick, memory stick, public computer center, computer, public computer, information, armed forces, swedish army, stick belongs
 
 
 
 
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Army $200 Billion Reboot Fizzles; Murtha Wants $20 Billion More

2008-03-10 19:15:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Army's gargantuan digital modernization plan has turned so rotten, a new congressional report says it's time to start thinking about killing it off. One powerful representative has another plan: Pump another $20 billion into the sickly, $200 billion behemoth
 
Tags: billion, billion behemoth, powerful representative, congressional report, army, time, plan, sickly, start
 
 
 
 
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Army's New PTSD Treatments: Yoga, Reiki, 'Bioenergy'

2008-03-25 17:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Army just unveiled a $4 million program to find unconventional new ways such as "spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation [and] yoga" to treat vets' traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress
 
Tags: traumatic brain injuries, million program, yoga, spiritual ministry, army, treat vets, transcendental meditation, post-traumatic stress, unconventional
 
 
 
 
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Is the U.S. Army Reading Your Blog?

2008-04-11 14:40:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Army freely admits reading the things its soldiers have to say in their personal blogs. But there's also a chance the brass is having a look at what you post, too, Mr. Civilian, if you're blogging about their GIs
 
Tags: personal blogs, army freely, brass, chance, soldiers, gis, post, civilian
 
 
 
 
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Army Yanks 'Voice-to-Skull Device' Website