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A UK domain registrar called one twenty three Reg is disclosing what it describes as an AI-driven cyberattack that exposed customer contact details, VAT numbers, and API product data. The company suspects a China nexus, though details remain thin. It's a reminder that the phrase AI-driven is now showing up in breach disclosures, not just product launches.
Across the Taiwan Strait, the island's Ocean Affairs Council is developing autonomous drone swarms designed to operate without human intervention, specifically to counter China's grey-zone military tactics at sea. Working alongside a national university, Taiwan has already run simultaneous flight simulations and is now moving toward open-water trials. It's a significant escalation in how democracies are thinking about unmanned deterrence.
And staying in the chip and crypto world, Bitcoin climbed back above eighty one thousand dollars as Asian semiconductor stocks rallied, pulling digital assets along with them. The frog-themed memecoin pepe jumped nine percent in the same window, illustrating how tightly speculative markets now track hardware sentiment. The line between chips and coins keeps getting blurrier.
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