India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of three US lawmakers is calling on the Commerce Department to sanction three India-based companies accused of hacking and stealing data from thousands of Americans and US companies. The companies named in the lawmakers’ request are Sunkissed Organic Farms Pvt. Ltd., formerly known as Appin Technology...Read More
It was a story that almost went unnoticed amid all the clamor surrounding the closely watched state election in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6. This highly alarming story is one of many recent reports that have detailed attacks on infrastructure or drone attacks on airports carried out by hostile foreign powers. Incidents like this one in...Read More
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. State and local governments across the U.S. are facing significant gaps in their ability to protect critical infrastructure at a time of increased threat activity. State authorities said they need additional funding, federal support and staffing in...Read More
AI convergence AI is causing previously distinct sectors such as ITSM and cybersecurity to converge, with AI itself turning into a unifying AIOps front end to diverse, specialized technologies sitting below it. In this, ServiceNow looks well-placed, having added the Virtual Agent chatbot system to its Now platform as long ago as 2018, later reinforced...Read More
By Rajwa Quasim A Texas court ruled Thursday that TikTok violated state consumer protection law by giving users an inaccurate impression of how its child-safety safeguards worked. The lawsuit dates to January 2025, when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the social media giant of marketing its app as a safe space for minors while...Read More
The debate about whether or not to post your kids’ faces on social media isn’t new. I have friends whose kids are in college now who I remember struggled with the decision about whether to post baby photos to Instagram. But very recently, that conversation has taken a significant turn because of concerns about AI...Read More
Santa Fe, NM (KKOB) – A Houston man is in jail in Santa Fe on charges of Child Solicitation and Sexual Exploitation of a Child. 47 year old Gabriel Garcia, was arrested after authorities conducted an operation targeting online sexual predators. According to SFPD, Garcia was in communication with an undercover detective whom he believed...Read More
Japan ransomware attacks hit record in first half of 2026 Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) recorded 123 ransomware incidents in the first half of 2026, the highest number for a six-month period since comparable statistics began, as cyber threats and online fraud continued to rise. The NPA also reported that losses from internet-enabled fraud reached...Read More
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in the US for helping the Conti ransomware group target more than 1,000 victims and generate at least $150 million in ransom payments. Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison in the US for his role in the Conti ransomware operation, which compromised...Read More
LIANYUNGANG — Somalia’s Minister of Internal Security, Brigadier General Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Fartaag), delivered a speech at the Third China-East Africa Ministerial Dialogue on Law Enforcement and Security Cooperation, where he participated in discussions on combating cybercrime and telecommunications-related offenses. The ministerial dialogue was held on September 10, co-chaired by Chinese State Councilor and Minister...Read More
