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OpenAI Security Head Suggests ChatGPT Can Decrypt Russian Hacking Group Conversations in Pentagon Event

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ChatGPT‘s latest military use proves to be conversation decryption between hackers, as per OpenAI’s head of security, Matthew Knight, in the Pentagon‘s Advantage DoD 2024 event. Knight reportedly explained that the chatbot could decipher a cryptic conversation within a Russian hacking group, first reported by the Washington Post.

As explained by Knight, deciphering the conversation was a task that even their Russian linguist had difficulty with, but he claims that GPT-4 succeeded in doing so. The conversations between the hackers were reportedly in “Russian shorthand internet slang.” The showcase comes as a part of the Pentagon’s AI symposium showcasing viable uses of AI in the military.

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A photo taken on October 4, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of the artificial intelligence OpenAI research laboratory and ChatGPT robot.

Panel discussions at the symposium feature representatives from well-known tech companies besides OpenAI’s Knight, such as Dr. Scott Papson, Principal Solutions Architect of Amazon Web Services, and Dr. Billie Rinaldi, Responsible AI Division Lead of Microsoft’s Strategic Missions and Technologies Division.

The event proves to be a glimpse into the future uses of AI in the military. One was hinted at by the chief technology officer of Palantir Technologies and Pentagon contractor, Shyam Sankar. Samkar comments that using ChatGPT as a chatbot is a “dead end,” further noting that the technology will likely be used for developers and not for end users. 

Read Also: China, Russia Agree to Coordinate AI Use in Military Technology 

GPT-4 Uses on Military Intelligence

This is not the first time GPT-4’s use for deciphering cryptic messages was discovered, as a Microsoft Study claimed that similar practices have long been employed by state-backed hackers.

The study found that two hacking groups with ties to China are using AI to translate communication with targeted individuals or organizations as well as translate computer jargon and technical publications. 

AI Military Use Concerns

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Local students take part in ‘hack’ event | News

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About 100 seventh through 12th grade students from Bedford, Blair and Cambria counties, including students from Bedford and Everett school districts and HOPE for Hyndman Charter School, recently participated in Major League Hacking’s Global Hack Week, hosted by South Hills School of Business & Technology in Altoona.

The event included multiple interactive STEM sessions designed by South Hills students, faculty and area technology professionals including “A Scavenger Hunt ‘Capture the Flag’ Challenge in the Cloud”; “Creating Your First Website on GitHub”; “Computers Worldwide”; “Moving Data for the Olympic Games”; “Building a Computer and Hardware in the Cloud”; “Create a Minecraft Server in the Cloud and PLAY”; “Cloud Security for the US Department of Defense”; and “Cybersecurity Careers.”

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Networking, a live hacking event & more at this year’s DefCamp cybersecurity conference in Bucharest

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DefCamp, a leading cybersecurity conference in the region, will hold its 13th edition this month, November 23-24. For the first time, this year’s edition features a live hacking event, where participants will try to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems in real-time, in addition to various networking and educational activities.

The Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are a highlight of the event, attracting numerous competitors to DefCamp’s Hacking Village, the playground dedicated to cybersecurity education and knowledge development, with total prizes of up to EUR 100,000. 

The qualifiers for DefCamp Capture the Flag (D-CTF), the largest CTF competition in the Central and Eastern European region, attracted more than 600 teams from over 80 countries. Of these, the top 16 teams are invited to the final that will take place live and where participants from Romania, Italy, Norway, Germany, Greece, France, Austria, and Croatia are expected to participate.

“Year after year, we strive to provide participants with the right setting for information exchange, collaboration, and networking by bringing some of the most relevant international experts in the field to the conference stages. At the same time, we aim to further develop the cybersecurity knowledge learning and testing playground, Hacking Village, by designing new activities and increasingly stimulating challenges, and bringing together relevant partners. The live hacking event we are hosting this year will certainly be one of the hardest challenges for the participants, but it will also be equally rewarding,” said Andrei Avadanei, founder of DefCamp.

This year, in addition to D-CTF, DefCamp 2023 participants can compete in 12 other Hacking Village activities. The CyberEDU educational technical platform will host 7 of the 12 activities. Participants can choose from a range of hardware, software, and network hacking challenges, digital forensics, reverse engineering, and more.

“In addition to organizing Hacking Village competitions, DefCamp is becoming an increasingly relevant event for the industry, with each edition providing a training and development platform for cybersecurity enthusiasts,…

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A sneak preview of the first ever international Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Centre (NSTDC) and the training activities planned to start in October 2023 was given today during a side event held at the margins of the 67th IAEA General Conference

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A sneak preview of the first ever international Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Centre (NSTDC) and the training activities planned to start in October 2023 was given today during a side event held at the margins of the 67th IAEA General Conference.  

Lydie Evrard, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, highlighted the unique nature of the new IAEA facility, noting that “the NSTDC is built to respond to growing requests by countries for capacity building in the field of nuclear security that could not be met elsewhere.”  

“The IAEA has developed a training programme that will complement the existing national and international mechanisms of nuclear security capacity building,” said in her remarks.  

The NSTDC is housed in a new multipurpose building (MPB) located at the IAEA’s laboratories in Seibersdorf, 30 km south of Vienna, Austria. The MPB construction work started in July 2021, after the Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, broke ground for the new facility. 

Under the NSTDC training programme, there are currently 23 training courses and workshops. All of them address training needs in the area of physical protection of nuclear and other radioactive material and associated facilities; and in the area of detection and response to criminal or intentional unauthorized acts involving or directed at nuclear or other radioactive material, associated facilities or associated activities.  

Considering the IAEA work for cancer care, the NSTDC training programme includes a course for countries anticipating in or planning to join the Rays of Hope titled “Introduction to life cycle security of radioactive material and associated facilities in cancer care”. The course aims to familiarize participants with key considerations towards ensuring life cycle security and sustainability of radioactive material and associated facilities used for cancer care, including information and computer security aspects of nuclear security. 

“The NSTDC is a modern, specialized training facility, supported by state-of-the-art technical infrastructure,” said Marina Labyntseva, Head of the Education and…

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