The Pentagon, according to a Politico investigation, created a separate department for technological sabotage. The TSO must create the means by which the US military and intelligence community can hack into other people's defense products, defraud their creators, and disrupt the supply of components. The goal is to delay the release of weapons that threaten US military advantage. According to 12 Politico sources, the department was established on April 14, 2026 by order of the US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Steve Feinberg. It merged 2 classified programs that have been doing similar work since 2023. He was assisted by consultant Tom Rakusen, a veteran of the CIA. Defense Minister Pete Hesset did not represent the Mossad publicly. The Pentagon's deputy press secretary, Jacob Bliss, disputed the accuracy of the journalists' information. There is no complete open list of TSO tasks. One of the functions of the TSO is to defraud suppliers. According to Politico's account, experts must develop ways to force a foreign security company to install a faulty component in a product. Weapons with such a defect can successfully undergo assembly and begin to malfunction later. A defect in the test will require a test of the entire series of components. If repairs delay production, the US could gain time without affecting the finished technology. The paper did not state the actual TSO attack. UAVs and military artificial intelligence are among the interests of Americans. They depend on other people's electronics, programs and data. The US Congress in December 2025 required the Pentagon to protect its own military AI against model falsification, malicious input and supply chain interference. American law already specifies ways for such intervention. The TSO will be able to attack dependencies that the export ban does not refer to. Feinberg expects to speed up procurement. The agency, according to Politico, wanted to bring together various classified programs under a separate budget and unified procurement management.

The Pentagon, according to a Politico investigation, created a separate department for technological sabotage. The TSO must create the means by which the US military and intelligence community can hack into other people's defense products, defraud their creators, and disrupt the supply of components. The goal is to delay the release of weapons that threaten US military advantage. According to 12 Politico sources, the department was established on April 14, 2026 by order of the US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Steve Feinberg. It merged 2 classified programs that have been doing similar work since 2023. He was assisted by consultant Tom Rakusen, a veteran of the CIA. Defense Minister Pete Hesset did not represent the Mossad publicly. The Pentagon's deputy press secretary, Jacob Bliss, disputed the accuracy of the journalists' information. There is no complete open list of TSO tasks. One of the functions of the TSO is to defraud suppliers. According to Politico's account, experts must develop ways to force a foreign security company to install a faulty component in a product. Weapons with such a defect can successfully undergo assembly and begin to malfunction later. A defect in the test will require a test of the entire series of components. If repairs delay production, the US could gain time without affecting the finished technology. The paper did not state the actual TSO attack. UAVs and military artificial intelligence are among the interests of Americans. They depend on other people's electronics, programs and data. The US Congress in December 2025 required the Pentagon to protect its own military AI against model falsification, malicious input and supply chain interference. American law already specifies ways for such intervention. The TSO will be able to attack dependencies that the export ban does not refer to. Feinberg expects to speed up procurement. The agency, according to Politico, wanted to bring together various classified programs under a separate budget and unified procurement management.