The DOD’s Most Expensive Weapon Systems Are Hackable

By Wes O’Donnell
Contributor, In Military and InCyberDefense

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently found that U.S. weapon systems developed between 2012 and 2017 have “mission critical” cyber vulnerabilities. The GAO released its report last Tuesday after a Senate Armed Services Committee request, which occurred prior to approval of $1.66 trillion in spending by the armed forces to develop current weapon systems.