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Indian Lender SG Finserve Discloses $540,000 Unauthorized Transfers via Yes Bank Payment API
AI Frauds10 Nov 2026

Indian Lender SG Finserve Discloses $540,000 Unauthorized Transfers via Yes Bank Payment API

SG Finserve Limited told BSE and NSE on 3 November 2026 that it had detected 15 unauthorized debit transactions totalling Rs 5,10,00,000 (51 million rupees, about $540,000) from two Yes Bank current accounts at the South Extension II branch, New Delhi, executed through the bank’s payment API. The company said it notified the Cyber Crime Cell, the RBI and CERT-In, engaged an independent investigating agency, and that core operations and customer data were unaffected.

SG Finserve Limited intimation to BSE and NSE, 3 November 2026Read
Indian Lender Mirae Asset Financial Services (India) Alleges $1 Million (Rs 8.92 crore) Siphoned through APIs; Police Open Case
Cybercrime Trends (News)10 Nov 2026

Indian Lender Mirae Asset Financial Services (India) Alleges $1 Million (Rs 8.92 crore) Siphoned through APIs; Police Open Case

Navi Mumbai Cyber Police registered a case after Mirae Asset Financial Services (India) alleged Rs 8,92,56,160 was siphoned in four hours on 28 Oct 2026 via 583 fictitious loans and 438 disbursements, with product code PLNMAKS linked to partner Kissht. FIR number not published.

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France Attributes October 2026 Supermarket Refrigeration Sabotage to Iran’s IRGC Cyber Unit Shahid Kaveh
Global Trends10 Nov 2026

France Attributes October 2026 Supermarket Refrigeration Sabotage to Iran’s IRGC Cyber Unit Shahid Kaveh

On 9 November 2026, France’s C4 (ANSSI, COMCYBER, DGA, DGSE, DGSI) and the Foreign Ministry attributed the 11–12 October sabotage of refrigeration controllers at about 700 French retail sites to IRGC unit Shahid Kaveh, citing fires, food losses and a bundle of technical indicators.

CERT-FR / ANSSIRead
Sri Lankan Police Raid Panadura Hotel Housing 32 Chinese Nationals in Suspected Online Fraud Probe
Global Trends9 Nov 2026

Sri Lankan Police Raid Panadura Hotel Housing 32 Chinese Nationals in Suspected Online Fraud Probe

After Cambodia, Has Sri Lanka Become the Scam Networks' New Home?

Local Correspondent, Sri LankaRead
163 Chinese Nationals deported by Cambodia Over Online Scams, Illegal Stay and Work
Global Trends9 Nov 2026

163 Chinese Nationals deported by Cambodia Over Online Scams, Illegal Stay and Work

The group, including five women, was removed via a special flight from Techo International Airport on 7 November in a joint operation with the Chinese Embassy.

Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of CambodiaRead
OpenAI and ChatGPT Law Enforcement Data Requests: LERS Portal, Process and 2026 Figures
Law Enforcement Resources9 Nov 2026

OpenAI and ChatGPT Law Enforcement Data Requests: LERS Portal, Process and 2026 Figures

How agencies request ChatGPT user data from OpenAI: the Kodex portal, legal process by country, user notice, and OpenAI's H1 2026 request figures.

OpenAIRead
GPT-Red: OpenAI's Internal Attack Models for Automated Red-Teaming
AI Updates9 Nov 2026

GPT-Red: OpenAI's Internal Attack Models for Automated Red-Teaming

OpenAI’s public catastrophic-risk report for June 4–September 4, 2026 describes GPT-Red as restricted internal models that generate attacks—especially against prompt-injection defenses—to test and train stronger safeguards. They sit with other restricted checkpoints such as cybersecurity models and GPT-Rosalind, typically in higher-isolation L3 environments.

OpenAIRead
How does Google's Gemini 4 train its model ? Trillion-Token Scale, Reasoning and Synthetic Data
AI Updates9 Nov 2026

How does Google's Gemini 4 train its model ? Trillion-Token Scale, Reasoning and Synthetic Data

Google's EU Public Summary of Training Content (updated 13 October 2026) says the Gemini 4 family was trained on more than 10 trillion text tokens, over 1 billion images and over 1 million hours each of audio and video. It reveals reinforcement learning for reasoning and theorem-proving in Gemini 4 Argon, synthetic data from Gemini 3, Gemini Apps user chats, and robots.txt and Google-Extended controls, with no country breakdown.

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Google Reports 621,464 Play Store App Removals and 18,145 Developer Account Terminations
Global Trends9 Nov 2026

Google Reports 621,464 Play Store App Removals and 18,145 Developer Account Terminations

Google’s UK Mobile Bi-annual Transparency Report (published 30 September 2026) covers 1 April–30 June 2026: 621,464 Play apps removed and 18,145 developer accounts terminated for policy violations, plus 7,104,152 submissions reviewed and 446,593 rejected. The UK title does not define the geographic coverage of the metrics.

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WhatsApp Recorded 16.1 Million Indian Account Ban Actions in July–September 2026
Global Trends9 Nov 2026

WhatsApp Recorded 16.1 Million Indian Account Ban Actions in July–September 2026

WhatsApp recorded 16,106,700 ban actions against +91 accounts in July–September 2026, including 4,775,100 (29.65%) labelled proactive before user reports. August peaked; September fell 26.8%. Figures come from India monthly compliance reports under Rule 4(1)(d).

WhatsApp; Ministry of Electronics and Information TechnologyRead
How many Facebook users across the world? A research from Meta Ad Manager
Global Trends8 Nov 2026

How many Facebook users across the world? A research from Meta Ad Manager

Screenshots supplied for analysis show Meta Ads Manager estimating an India audience of 629.2–740.2 million under the displayed controls, the largest in a 19-market collection. The figures are planning ranges, not a census of Facebook users. An age-setting exception and missing capture dates highlight why such comparisons need careful interpretation.

Meta Ads Manager audience screenshots supplied for analysis; capture dates unverifiedRead
Meta Reports 2.06 Billion Facebook Fake-Account Removals and 52 Million Fraud Content Actions
Cybercrime Trends (News)8 Nov 2026

Meta Reports 2.06 Billion Facebook Fake-Account Removals and 52 Million Fraud Content Actions

Meta reported 52 million Facebook fraud-and-scam content actions and 2.06 billion fake-account removals in January–June 2026. The figures measure different enforcement activities—not victims or unique people—and cannot be added together. Its global transparency report leaves important questions about fraud exposure and protection unanswered.

Meta Platforms, Inc. — Texas Business and Commerce Code §120.053 Transparency Report 16 October 2026Read