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Hackers who planted malware on an Indian NBFC's server drained about ₹3.93 crore from its loan-disbursal bank account in 149 transfers on 5 October 2026, Delhi Police said. The money moved through mule accounts and was converted to USDT. The IFSO unit has frozen about ₹1.80 crore and arrested seven people in Rajasthan who allegedly ran the cash-out network. Police have not named the NBFC or the malware.

Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and Sarvam AI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on AI applications, research, knowledge management, training and decision support across the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. The partnership will stress secure, sovereign and scalable AI, data sovereignty and responsible AI. Sources say it runs for five years under Sarvam's defence division, Chanakya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India must protect its banking system from "cyber looters and cyber terrorists" as he inaugurated RBI's new Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar. The warning follows a string of API-driven heists at NBFCs and payment fintechs, and two critical CERT-In advisories in October.

Coinbase publishes no preservation or emergency procedure. What its law enforcement portal, privacy policy and the statute say, plus templates.

PayPal and Venmo publish little on preservation or emergency requests. What Safety Hub, Venmo and the statute say, plus adaptable templates.

How police and investigators ask Cash App (Block) to preserve account records and flag an emergency: what Block publishes, the statute, and templates.

India's national cybersecurity agency has built an in-house cyber defence centre that uses open-weight AI models and open-source tools to continuously scan and secure critical government websites, its director said, as the agency warns of autonomous AI agents accessing Indian systems without authorization.

How police ask X to preserve account records and make emergency disclosure requests, per X's own guidelines, with plain-text templates for each.

How police ask WhatsApp to preserve account records and make emergency requests, per WhatsApp's own guidelines, including what it says it does not store.

How police preserve Facebook and Instagram account data and request emergency disclosure, per Meta's own guidelines, with two plain-text templates.

How law enforcement preserves Uber account data and sends emergency requests through Uber's Public Safety Portal, with templates. For law enforcement only.

How law enforcement requests preservation and emergency disclosure from Amazon, AWS and Ring through ALERT, with templates. For law enforcement only.