In a significant move towards bolstering cybersecurity within its financial sector, Japan’s government and major financial institutions have recently been granted access to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model. This initiative, announced by Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, aims to leverage advanced AI capabilities to strengthen defenses against increasingly sophisticated cyber
Brazil's Pax Is Betting That Crime Fighting Is a Data Problem Latin America has long faced a difficult paradox. It is home to some of the world's most dynamic economies, youngest populations, and fastest-growing technology sectors, yet it also experiences some of the highest levels of
Kyrgyzstan is right that the UN Security Council is a relic of 1945. But the Global South's path to genuine power isn't through diplomatic pleading — it runs through chips, satellites, data sovereignty and the courage to build. There is something both admirable and quietly tragic about
Every fake iPhone sold in a Lagos market ends its life somewhere. Usually, it ends it burning on an open dump, releasing lead and mercury into the soil and lungs of the people who live nearby. The counterfeit electronics crisis and the e-waste crisis are the same crisis — and neither
The most dangerous election interference in 2026 won't arrive through a hacked ballot box. It will arrive in your inbox, your social feed, and your mind — manufactured cheaply, spread instantly, and nearly impossible to distinguish from the truth. For decades, the nightmare scenario haunting election security experts was
Europe Was First, But "First" Is Not the Same as "Functional" The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024 — it was the world's first comprehensive AI law, and that distinction is real. But passing a law and enforcing one are very different
What the Article Argues The core thesis is straightforward and well-supported: Europe's clean energy transition has created a massive, largely unacknowledged digital security vulnerability. The hardware (solar panels, wind turbines) may be physically on European soil, but the software and connectivity layer — particularly through Chinese-made inverters — gives foreign
An independent firm found no malware, no backdoors, no data leaving the US. So why does the security debate not end there? Because audits have limits — and in national security, the limits matter as much as the findings. The Headline and What Lies Beneath It The headline is clean: zero
Solar panels generate electricity. They also generate data, run on software, and connect to networks. That makes them a target. Michigan just decided to do something about it. The Grid Is No Longer Just Wires There was a time when taking down a power grid required physical sabotage — cutting lines,
A fake prize. Forged RBI documents. Pakistani IP addresses. Assam mule accounts. And a Surat man who lost ₹13.51 lakh chasing a dream that was manufactured on the other side of a border. The Architecture of a Perfect Lie The call comes in on WhatsApp. A cheerful voice, professional
A luxury hotel. A Lexus. A $4,000 salary. All it cost was everything. The Scroll That Changed Everything It began, as so many catastrophes do now, with a thumb. A quick scroll. A pause. A tap. Late September 2025. A 34-year-old business administration graduate from Pune — we'll
In the shadow of every cyber fraud, there is a bank account. And increasingly, banks are being asked to be the last line of defence. A System Exploited From Within On May 29, 2026, Chandigarh's cybercrime police arrested two men — Salman Ansari and Bheem Saroj — for operating what