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Cambodia's telecom regulator ordered ISPs to block Discord and Patreon in a crackdown on online-gambling and pig-butchering scam networks. Here's what happened, and why.

According to the regulator, the incident resulted from Viettel's failure to comply with legal requirements governing SIM card registration and customer identity verification.

The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) of Ministry of Home Affairs just turned Google's own infrastructure into a crime scene — and gave the search giant three hours to clean it up.

Omar Sultan Al Olama was appointed to lead the authority with the aim of creating a faster, more efficient, flexible, and proactive government that leverages data and assisted AI to serve people and build better opportunities for future generations.

The deportation of Ganesh Balaso Kale — traced and returned within roughly 20 days of a Red Corner Notice — shows India's regional police forces driving cross-border cybercrime cases once thought beyond their reach, as Dubai and Southeast Asia become less safe for fraudsters.

In a sign of evolving dynamics within Cambodia’s notorious online scam industry, authorities arrested three young Cambodian women on Friday night for operating a small-scale fraud ring in the capital’s Chom Chao 2 area.

Article is based on federal domain-name seizure warrant — filed in Washington, D.C.

Massive seizure of desktop computers (16,911), Laptops (406), Mobile phones (40,852) from scam compounds by Cambodia.

How a Malaysian fraudster used legally-made Indian SIM cards to run scams from Cambodia — and what India and the world can learn.

In April 2026 alone, WhatsApp shut down nearly 5.5 million Indian accounts. The report that disclosed it exists because of a single country's law. The bigger story is why no other country gets one.

Singapore has taken swift action under the Online Criminal Harms Act, ordering YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 posts that spread nativist and xenophobic narratives targeting the Indian community. Investigations revealed the content originated from a China-based platform before being amplified across global social media, falsely claiming that Singapore’s multiracial model is a façade and that stability depends on its ethnic Chinese majority. The posts used derogatory imagery of India

Chinese intelligence officers pose as online HR recruiters or consultants who represent fake, but often legitimate-looking, “cover companies” and claim to be located in countries other than China. Five Eyes agencies have identified individuals who have undertaken these activities, leading to criminal prosecutions, job losses, and security-clearance revocation.