Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

The family, according to CNN reporting, was linked to a notorious compound near the Chinese-Myanmar border area and at one point had 10,000 people conducting scams. The court statement alleges that, as well as committing fraud, opening casinos and selling drugs, the criminal group and others “killed and injured fraudsters who tried to escape or disobeyed management,” which resulted in 10 deaths.

Europe Accelerates Plans for a “Drone Wall” to Counter Russian Airspace Violations

Germany’s Munich airport briefly shut down this week—with 17 flights cancelled and more than 3,000 people disrupted—after suspected drone sightings forced air traffic controllers to take precautionary measures. Some passengers were given camp beds and food during the shutdown. While officials have not pointed the finger at anyone who may be responsible in Germany, the incident follows a wave of drone disruptions at airports around Europe and Russian incursions into European countries’ airspace.

In recent weeks, Russian drones have entered Polish and Romanian airspace, while NATO has also said Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway have experienced “airspace violations by Russia.” In response to the increasing number of incidents—which experts believe signals Russia testing NATO and European countries—the European Union is working to create a “drone wall.” Details are, so far, scant, but the concept could see anti-drone technologies, as well as better detection systems and information sharing, being more widely deployed along Europe’s borders with Russia. “We need to act now—Europe must deliver a strong and united response to Russia’s drone incursions at our borders,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said.

Comms System Built by Anduril and Palantir Are Deeply Flawed, Army Memo Says

When the defense tech firm Anduril, along with a group of partners including Palantir and Microsoft, won a $100 million contract to rebuild the US Army’s battlefield communications network system, the companies’ involvement might have been seen as a project by agile tech firms to carry out needed reform of antiquated military systems. Instead, the system suffers from “fundamental security” problems and should be treated as “very high risk,” according to an Army internal assessment of the system. The system, for instance, allows users to access any data or application regardless of their clearance level or operational requirements, according to the memo obtained by Reuters and first reported by military news outlet Breaking Defense. As a result, there’s a high “likelihood of an adversary gaining persistent undetectable access," wrote Gabrielle Chiulli, the Army chief technology officer authorizing official. The assessment noted that third-party applications that would be hosted on the system also haven’t undergone Army security assessments, and one contained 25 high severity security flaws in its code.