{
  "id": 19616,
  "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/warfare-becomes-engineering-era-digital-mercenary-dawns/415442",
  "title": "As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns",
  "summary": "The White House revives “privateering for the digital age” by authorizing cyber firms to strike foreign targets.",
  "authors": "Patrick Tucker",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-15T00:28:52.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-15T05:10:17.122Z",
  "source_slug": "x-nextgov-fcw",
  "source_name": "NextGov/FCW",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nextgov.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19616",
  "original_url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/warfare-becomes-engineering-era-digital-mercenary-dawns/415442",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}