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MONEY Netanyahu rebuked for plan to use crypto to bypass economic sanctions Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser Bitcoin Core security policy update Ukraine hires Rothschild to advise on Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank privatization "It equates to a civil death." - What happens when America cancels you? Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting off foreign crypto deals Britain Scrapped Digital ID. So Why Is It Still Expanding? Financial Surveillance Interview with Nicholas Anthony Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers Google resolves cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites FinCEN, DOJ say AML reform won’t soften enforcement Italy Busts Mafia 'Secret Bank' That Laundered Money Through Crypto, Seizes $24M OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS Act China seeks to seize 61,800 BTC tied to $5.7 billion fraud scheme Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison First out the gate: OCC debuts final rule implementing Trump-signed GENIUS Act UK Banks Hit With 10,000 Complaints Over Blocked Crypto Transfers in 90 Days: Report Dylan Brodeur (@gofordylan) on federal prosecutors using Ethereum validators to establish venue in crypto criminal cases Germany Approves EU Digital Identity Wallet Law SURVEILLANCE Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million People France’s Riot Response Moves From The Streets To The Platforms The FCC is beginning to block gadgets with 'foreign surveillance chips' AI: EU Member States approve "digital expropriation" for AI companies Krishnamoorthi, Pettersen Lead 35 Lawmakers Demanding Answers on ICE's Backdoor Access to Flock Surveillance Network From Jan 1, WhatsApp, Telegram won’t work without SIM cards, govt issues guidelines How surveillance crept up on us Google Ends $68 Million Privacy Suit Over Assistant Technology EFF Launches Guide to Help Parents and Youth Protect Privacy Online EFF’s State Legislative Agenda to End ALPR Mass Surveillance Cops Warned to Look for ‘Suspicious Behavior’ From People Opposing Flock at City Council Meetings Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network. Victory! Court Rules OPM Data Disclosure to DOGE Is Unlawful DHS Said They Searched Man Who Wiped GrapheneOS Phone for Child Abuse Material. They Lied Amazon, Meta AI Wearables Raise Fresh Privacy Concerns ‘Terrifying Precedent’: Dutch Hand US Data From Seized Anti-Fascist Server Judge denies WhatsApp’s bid to hold spyware maker in contempt for allegedly targeting users No to Palantir – Five Times Cop Fired for Letting Her ICE Agent Husband Use Her Flock Login How Flock’s cameras spread through government deals that bypassed public scrutiny SECURITY The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched Hacking attempts surge as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws Pentagon hit with class action over data breach affecting millions of military members The PHP Foundation (@ThePHPF): The PHP security team is giving advance notice: Upcoming security release Wed, Oct 21st 2026… How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores sites Independent journalism does not finance itself. If you enjoyed this article, please consider making a donation . If you would like to note a correction to this article, please email corrections@therage.co