The nation's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has issued new guidelines requiring all crypto entities serving Indian residents, including those operating offshore, to register and disclose specific officer details, business locations, and ownership information.
The California Privacy Protection Agency has banned Texas-based marketing firm Rickenbacher Data LLC, which operates as Datamasters, from selling Californians' personal data after peddling information from millions of individuals with medical conditions for targeted advertising purposes, BleepingComputer reports.
Google and Apple have been urged by Senate Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico to remove the X and Grok apps owned by Elon Musk's xAI firm following the involvement of the Grok AI tool in the unconsented creation of sexualized deepfake images, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The University of Hawaii has disclosed an August ransomware intrusion that compromised Cancer Center study participants' personal data, including their Social Security numbers, only last month, which is way past the 20-day breach reporting deadline under state law, reports The Associated Press.
Sir Oliver Dowden, former digital secretary and current shadow deputy PM, urged the government to reconsider the exclusion of central government from the CSR Bill, which aims to update outdated NIS 2018 regulations.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a statement refuting the report, emphasizing the government's commitment to user safety and data protection in the digital ecosystem.
Cybersecurity Dive reports that Moody's has warned that 2026 will bring more advanced AI-driven cyberattacks and continued challenges in aligning cybersecurity regulations across major regions.
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