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Army Innovation Sites Defaced with Pro-Kurdistan, Trump Insults

7/7/2026

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Defacers replaced the 404 pages on oil.army.mil and ai2c.army.mil with pro-Kurdistan slogans and insults targeting President Donald Trump and Ambassador Tom Barrack.
Teams have secured the pages while Maj. Sean Minton said the response is ongoing and a patch decision is premature.
The subdomains host the Army Open Innovation Lab (2020) and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (2019).
A 2015 Syrian Electronic Army defacement also forced temporary shutdowns of Army sites.

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Defacers replaced the 404 pages on oil.army.mil and ai2c.army.mil with pro-Kurdistan slogans and insults targeting President Donald Trump and Ambassador Tom Barrack.
Teams have secured the pages while Maj. Sean Minton said the response is ongoing and a patch decision is premature.
The subdomains host the Army Open Innovation Lab (2020) and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (2019).
A 2015 Syrian Electronic Army defacement also forced temporary shutdowns of Army sites.