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WhatsApp Channels’ EU transparency figures expose a central challenge for global platform policy: counting restrictions is easier than measuring protection. The report’s breakdowns of legal grounds, automation and appeals show why policymakers need more than headline enforcement totals to assess accountability.

In an order dated 29 October 2026, the Supreme Court said proposed RBI safeguards must provide compensation of at least the amount lost by digital arrest and other cyber fraud victims where a financial institution's due diligence failure is established. The court also sought investigation updates from states and Union Territories and prevention proposals from WhatsApp and other intermediaries.

The National Crime Agency is advertising 60 Intelligence Officer posts in an economic crime recruitment campaign across five UK locations. The advertised starting salary is £43,877, with £4,379 London weighting. Applications close on 15 November 2026. UK nationality, intelligence experience and security clearance requirements apply.

The European Commission has preliminarily found that TikTok's 'For You' feed breaches the Digital Services Act. It says the recommender system creates 'rabbit holes' of repeated content about sadness, isolation or body image, and that TikTok's mitigation measures are not effective. The finding is not a final decision. TikTok can reply, and a confirmed breach could lead to a fine of up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover.

The European Commission and India have concluded negotiations on India's association to Horizon Europe, the EU's €93.5 billion research and innovation programme. Once the agreement is signed and procedures are completed, Indian researchers and organisations could receive direct funding and lead projects under Pillar II, covering areas including digital, health, space and climate. Association is envisaged for January 2027.

The Enforcement Directorate has searched three Bengaluru premises linked to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange under FEMA, 1999, over alleged unauthorised cross-border crypto transactions. The ED said INR deposits were converted to USDT and routed through a Costa Rica paper entity to Binance, KuCoin, Bybit, Gate.io and Hyperliquid for spot, futures and options, and tokenised foreign stock trades, with volumes running into thousands of crores of rupees.

Bhadrak Police in Odisha have arrested SIM agent Subhamjyoti Nayak, 23, accused of activating SIM cards in unsuspecting people's names and supplying their OTPs over WhatsApp and Telegram to cyber fraudsters allegedly operating from China. Police seized 1,333 activated SIM cards, 13 bank passbooks and Rs 1.73 lakh in cash. The gang allegedly misused Vodafone Idea and BSNL agent IDs and moved money through Binance. Five suspects are absconding.

Pakistan's NCCIA arrested 273 people, including more than 100 women and 42 minors, at a Karachi call centre operating as Voxtron Solutions that allegedly scammed Americans, seizing 339 laptops, 152 phones and four CPUs. Additional Director Shahzad Akbar said the floor posed as a US debt-validation service, had faced two earlier criminal cases, and that 300 to 350 suspected scam centres still operate in Karachi. A court remanded nine suspects, including the alleged owners.

Chitrakoot Police have arrested three men from Prayagraj accused of converting cyber-fraud credits into cash at two petrol pumps. Police said hacked phones in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan sent Rs 65,000 and Rs 2,08,696 to the pumps' merchant QR codes; the accused took fuel and cash. Two others are wanted. The case shows how merchant UPI accounts are abused as cash-out points, and what bank transaction monitoring should catch.

Jamtara Police arrested three cyber fraudsters who posed as credit card helpdesks and sent fake PhonePe Rs 1,999 cashback messages to trick victims into installing a fake APK app. Police seized Rs 8.13 lakh in cash, eight mobile phones and six fake SIM cards. Two of the accused have earlier cyber fraud charge-sheets. A team led by DSP (Cyber) Amit Ravidas carried out raids at Borowa and Kashitand.

NFSU Gandhinagar is hiring one Research Assistant (Cyber Forensics) for the MeitY-funded ISEA Phase III project at Rs 42,000 a month. The 11-month contractual post needs a Master's in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security or Digital Forensics with 60% or First Class; JRF holders are preferred. The age limit is 35. Apply by email to pi_isea3@nfsu.ac.in by 11:59 PM on 13 November 2026.

CERT-In attributes the activity to the use of publicly available AI-driven offensive security frameworks, including the ARTEX family of LLM-based tools, the PentAGI autonomous multi-agent penetration-testing system, the Cairn (also referred to as Caimi/CAIRN) attack search engine, and the CyberStrike.AI framework.