Subscribe

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Success! Now Check Your Email

To complete Subscribe, click the confirmation link in your inbox. If it doesn’t arrive within 3 minutes, check your spam folder.

Ok, Thanks
Rage Weekly

Rage Weekly 45/26

The Rage profile image
by The Rage
Updated
Rage Weekly 45/26

Rage Weekly is a weekly linkdump bringing the best content on financial surveillance and beyond directly to your inbox. Subscribe for free or read all issues online.

MONEY

Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts
Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts

Treasury cuts off MEXC Global over alleged $16 billion in transactions linked to Iran, North Korea and Russia
Treasury cuts off MEXC Global over alleged $16 billion in transactions linked to Iran, North Korea and Russia

The rise of crypto kidnappings
The rise of crypto kidnappings

Bitcoin Fixes This? Paraguay President Resigns After Bank Lockout Hits 60% of Country
Bitcoin Fixes This? Paraguay President Resigns After Bank Lockout Hits 60% of Country

CBN wants to know who's behind every crypto P2P transaction
Nigeria's Central Bank wants every crypto P2P payment linked to a bank transaction

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Crypto From 35 Investigations
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Crypto From 35 Investigations

Nubank Pauses Crypto Withdrawals and Deposits, Points to External Verification Provider
Nubank Pauses Crypto Withdrawals and Deposits, Points to External Verification Provider

Ex-FBI agent stole over $2 million in crypto, including from crime victims

The Digital Euro Is Being Built Before Europe Approves It

Kosovo launches national digital ID wallet, e-signatures ahead of EUDI alignment | Biometric Update
Kosovo launches national digital ID wallet, e-signatures ahead of EUDI alignment

Hong Kong passes bill requiring crypto exchanges to report tax data from 2027
Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities

Papua New Guinea’s voluntary digital ID is becoming harder to avoid | Biometric Update
Papua New Guinea’s voluntary digital ID is becoming harder to avoid

Leftwing Alliance Led by Yanis Varoufakis Loses Access to Bank Account
Leftwing Alliance Led by Yanis Varoufakis Loses Access to Bank Account

Paraguay seizes major digital bank tied to president, leaving millions of customers in limbo

Philippines expands national ID ecosystem with offline KYC platform | Biometric Update
Philippines expands national ID ecosystem with offline KYC platform

How the Bank of England’s CBDC Plans Could Reshape Payments

China calls for crackdown on corruption that uses crypto and blockchain
China's Communist Party calls for crackdown on corruption that uses crypto and blockchain

Clarity Act outlook bleak in 120th session

Crypto industry pours more than $200 million into 2026 midterms to pressure Congress on favorable rules
Crypto industry pours more than $200 million into 2026 midterms to pressure Congress on favorable rules

SURVEILLANCE

U.S. border device searches near record high

Fight to block child sexual abuse images unites peers and MPs in cross-party campaign

How Russia’s central bank plans to give the FSB access to crypto exchange customers’ personal data
How Russia’s central bank plans to give the FSB access to crypto exchange customers’ personal data

Postal Service Surveilled Protest Activities Online With Little Rules, Oversight
Postal Service Surveilled Protest Activities Online With Little Rules, Oversight

He's in prison. But they got the wrong guy.
A computer flagged him. But he's innocent.

Ford pledges not to sell driving data to data brokers
Ford pledges not to sell driving data to data brokers

Too scared to shop: How facial recognition leaves innocent UK shoppers stranded
Too scared to shop: How facial recognition leaves innocent UK shoppers stranded

He was accused of being a predator. The case rested on a mismatch.

Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate
Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate

Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests

SECURITY

India flags Chinese-linked AI tools in hacking campaign against financial firms

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyberattack after ZachXBT flags $133M in suspected losses
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa confirms cyberattack after ZachXBT flags $133M in suspected losses

North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance

DigiCert Confirms Data Breach Exposing Customer Details and Sensitive Identity Documents
DigiCert Confirms Data Breach Exposing Customer Details and Sensitive Identity Documents

Chainalysis discloses apparent breach of customers' accounts
Chainalysis discloses apparent breach of customers' accounts

Data breach on the legacy system powering Gnosis Pay-branded cards

Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones

Binance hack prompted US regulators to check in on bank systems, sources say

French bank confirms cyber heist, hackers suspected to have stolen an estimated $133 million
French bank confirms cyber heist, hackers suspected to have stolen an estimated $133 million

Chainalysis warns all users hit in cyber breach involving ‘agentic’ techniques
Chainalysis warns all users hit in cyber breach involving ‘agentic’ techniques

Bristol schools hack sees 320,000 stolen files published on dark web
Bristol schools hack sees 320,000 stolen files published on dark web

DOJ warns FBI data breach likely extends to Justice Department employees
DOJ warns FBI data breach likely extends to Justice Department employees

Philippine Migrant Worker Data Likely Leaked in 69GB Breach
Philippine Migrant Worker Data Likely Leaked in 69GB Breach

Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist
Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist

Seoul scrambles to limit damage after Lee's passport info leaked

Binance says North Korean hackers conducted fake job interviews to hack engineer’s laptop in $6.3B heist
Binance says North Korean hackers conducted fake job interviews to hack engineer’s laptop in $6.3B heist

Binance Security Incident: Initial Findings and Response Update

Fake Job Interview Opened Path to $6.34 Billion Hack, Binance Says | The Defiant
Fake Job Interview Opened Path to $6.34 Billion Hack, Binance Says

North Korea denies involvement in Binance hack and criticizes FBI probe as 'a trite provocation'

1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips exposed in hack, sparking retaliation fears and privacy probe
1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips exposed in hack, sparking retaliation fears and privacy probe

BTCPay tells users to turn off their servers after reports of drained wallets
BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after reports of drained wallets

Malaysia Airlines says customers may be affected by Amadeus breach

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

The Rage profile image
by The Rage
Updated

Subscribe to Rage Weekly

A weekly newsletter on surveillance news you probably missed and should definitely be angry about.

Success! Now Check Your Email

To complete Subscribe, click the confirmation link in your inbox. If it doesn’t arrive within 3 minutes, check your spam folder.

Ok, Thanks

Read More