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Cyber Warfare

September 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Technology

Cybercrime Feud Erupts as ShinyHunters Claims Hack of Rival Cl0p

One of the world’s best-known cybercrime groups has claimed it hacked one of its principal rivals, exposing an unusually open confrontation within the underground world of digital extortion. ShinyHunters, a group known

Geopolitics/Human Rights/Sri Lanka

How Beijing and Colombo Are Fighting Transnational Fraud

Recently, through close coordination between China and Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud to China after they were arrested in earlier crackdown operations. On March 29, with strong support from the Chinese

May 15, 2026

Cybercrime & Government Failures Threaten Investor Confidence

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), a major Switzerland-based publisher of over 500 peer-reviewed, open-access journals, founded in 1996, in a review titled The Long-Run

Pentagon–AI Clash Threatens Military’s Push Toward Autonomous Warfare

Artificial Intelligence

The US Department of War is locked in a growing dispute with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over restrictions that would limit how the military

Cybercrime Feud Erupts as ShinyHunters Claims Hack of Rival Cl0p

September 21, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Technology

One of the world’s best-known cybercrime groups has claimed it hacked one of its principal rivals, exposing an unusually open confrontation within the underground world of digital extortion. ShinyHunters, a group known

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How Beijing and Colombo Are Fighting Transnational Fraud

May 15, 2026
Geopolitics/Human Rights/Sri Lanka

Recently, through close coordination between China and Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud to China after they were arrested in earlier crackdown operations. On

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Cybercrime & Government Failures Threaten Investor Confidence

April 29, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), a major Switzerland-based publisher of over 500 peer-reviewed, open-access journals, founded in 1996, in a review titled The Long-Run Impact of Information Security Breach Announcements on Investors’

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Pentagon–AI Clash Threatens Military’s Push Toward Autonomous Warfare

February 1, 2026
Artificial Intelligence

The US Department of War is locked in a growing dispute with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over restrictions that would limit how the military can deploy advanced AI systems, including for autonomous

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Cyberattacks on Taiwan Surge Amid China’s “Hybrid Warfare”

January 5, 2026
Business

Cyberattacks on Taiwan’s hospitals, banks, energy facilities, and other critical infrastructure rose 6% in 2025 compared with the previous year, the island’s National Security Bureau reported on Sunday, averaging 2.63 million attacks

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Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Pornhub User Data, Raising Blackmail Fears

December 17, 2025
Artificial Intelligence/Human Rights

Hackers have claimed responsibility for stealing vast amounts of personal data linked to Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult websites, sparking fears that users could face blackmail or extortion if the

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Major Banks’ Client Data May Be Exposed in Cyberattack

November 24, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

SitusAMC, a New York-based vendor for real estate lenders, confirmed in a statement on Saturday that it experienced a cyberattack on November 12, compromising certain information from its systems and potentially affecting

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India’s Homes Become Global Cybercrime Nodes

October 11, 2025
Diplomacy/News

In a narrow lane of Hyderabad’s Hafiz Baba Nagar, a small, unremarkable house became the unlikely command post of a global cybercrime network. What looked like a regular Wi-Fi router on a

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China Warns of U.S.-Backed Cyber Espionage Targeting Defense Sector

August 2, 2025
Defence/News

The Cyber Security Association of China (CSAC) on Friday released a detailed report exposing two major cases of cyberattacks allegedly orchestrated by U.S. intelligence agencies against critical Chinese industries, including military and

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Microsoft Accuses Chinese Hackers of Exploiting SharePoint Vulnerabilities

July 23, 2025
China/World

Microsoft has publicly accused Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups of exploiting vulnerabilities in its SharePoint document management software to launch cyberattacks against large corporations, government agencies, and critical infrastructure worldwide. On Tuesday, the

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Nick Clegg: Fake News Spreads Because “People Like It,” Not Because of Algorithms

July 7, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and until recently Meta’s president of global affairs, has argued that misinformation thrives online not primarily due to social media algorithms but because it taps

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North Korean IT Workers Targeting European Companies, Researchers Warn

April 4, 2025
North Korea/World

Cybersecurity experts have raised alarms over a growing threat posed by North Korean IT workers infiltrating companies across Europe, with a new report revealing an alarming rise in these espionage activities. These

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U.K. Demands Apple Backdoor Access for Spying on Users

February 8, 2025
Human Rights/United Kingdom

In a controversial move that could have global ramifications, the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor to its encrypted cloud storage, granting authorities access to all user data

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Sri Lankans in UAE Targeted for Trafficking to Myanmar Cyber Scam Centers

November 12, 2024
Business/News

The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF) has issued an urgent warning about the trafficking of Sri Lankans from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to cyber scam centers in Myanmar. The NAHTTF

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Hacked Lebanon: When Tradecraft Met Spycraft

September 19, 2024
Editorials

Editorial Lebanon is under siege—not from a visible enemy marching across borders, but from a covert onslaught that has turned everyday devices into instruments of death. In a chilling blend of tradecraft

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