Sources: the Pentagon quietly establishes the Technology Support Office (TSO), an agency to execute covert sabotage, cyberattacks, and supply chain disruptions
THE SO WHAT
A dedicated Pentagon office for covert cyber and supply-chain disruption formalizes what many operators already felt — critical tech stacks are now contested infrastructure. If you run hardware, telecom, or cloud-adjacent operations, elevate supply-chain mapping and incident playbooks to board-level topics.
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