US Military Reaches Deals With 7 Tech Companies to Use Their AI on Classified Systems
2026-05-03T19:24:09Z•09fcb7f95a163e9beeab94d21124f6998c0a02386b6ce03d2c3639f3b6505eaa
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What happened
A batch of SecurityWeek stories highlights expanding AI integration and associated security risks: the US Department of Defense struck agreements with seven major tech firms to run AI on classified systems; Bluekit, a phishing kit under development, now includes an AI assistant and automated domain registration; and Cisco released an open-source tool for AI model provenance. Concurrently, active threats and incidents include a stealthy Python-based Deep#Door backdoor enabling persistent espionage, misuse of Hugging Face and ClawHub for malware distribution, a mini Shai‑Hulud software‑supply‑ch
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