Ex-bureaucrat, former diplomat, BCG India chairman on RBI board Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. What’s the ongoing story: The government has appointed former senior finance ministry official Annie George Mathew, economist and management consultant Janmejaya Kumar Sinha and…
United States President Donald Trump has renewed a campaign to cast doubts on the 2020 elections that saw him lose to Joe Biden – this time painting China as a major adversary that helped “manipulate” the vote. Speaking in a primetime address on Thursday, Trump claimed that newly declassified intelligence material exposed foreign interference in…
Out here in Dixie County, we still do a lot of things the old-fashioned way. But even in a small town like ours, the schools where we send our kids, the courthouse where folks file their paperwork, the utilities that keep our lights on and the Sheriff’s Office that keeps us safe all run on…
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the city’s financial markets regulator, has issued a formal circular warning licensed firms of a sharp increase in AI-enabled cyber threats and calling for strengthened defences across the sector. According to The Paypers, the guidance, published on 2 June 2026, is directed primarily at internet brokers and virtual…
ESET has published a report on nation-state-aligned cyber activity between October 2025 and March 2026, identifying sustained operations by China-aligned groups against targets in Venezuela, Syria, South Korea and the Gulf. Chinese threat actors remained active across maritime, energy, government and advanced technology targets during the period. ESET linked that activity to areas where Beijing…
Anne Keast-Butler, director of GCHQ, pictured during CYBERUK 2024 on May 14, 2024, in Birmingham, England. Matthew Horwood for CYBERUK | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain and its allies have a “narrowing window” to keep ahead of security risks posed by China, Russia and other adversaries, the U.K.’s top intelligence agent will warn…
Hong Kong’s technology infrastructure is undergoing a major transformation as local government and businesses replace Western products with domestic alternatives, driven by closer integration with mainland China and rising geopolitical risks, according to tech experts. US tech giants like Microsoft have long “served as the bedrock of Hong Kong’s digital landscape”, but that dominance is…
By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – French authorities are examining whether a foreign interference campaign aimed at a hard-left party ahead of March’s municipal elections was carried out at least in part by an obscure Israeli firm called BlackCore, according to three sources familiar with the matter. French intelligence agencies are…
Multiple residents of Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have reported problems with registering for an online meeting hosted by the estate’s administrator, with the firm saying it has stepped up arrangements to enhance cybersecurity. A resident received an SMS from Hop On Management Company, the estate’s administrator, on Sunday saying he had not completed…
Plus: Companies warned to prepare for Mythos Image: AI needs to augment, not replace Welcome to Computing’s weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This week we look at China’s new ruling on AI, how countries are preparing for Anthropic’s Mythos, and the ongoing dispute between Samsung workers and management in South Korea. At a…