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🎯 GenAI could make KYC effectively useless. Attackers can download a selfie, edit it with generative AI tools, and use the manipulated ID image to pass a KYC test. TechCrunch
📌 Canada's AML body to leverage AI bets to crack down on bad actors Reuters
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🌎 China Says It Cracked Apple AirDrop to Identify Message Sources. The anonymity of AirDrop was one of the reasons it has been commonly used by activists to share information about protests, and other information censored by the government. 9to5 Mac
🌎 Scientists at the center of the ‘lab leak’ controversy met with NIH, Fauci. EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S. research organization, partnered closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, subcontracting NIAID funding to Shi’s lab. U.S. Right to Know
💥 'Shock after shock': A visit to China's secret biolab in California Scripps
🌎 Morgan Stanley and Allen & Overy helping oligarch’s efforts to seize Russian oil firm. Sergey Kolesnikov, originally from Russia but now a Maltese citizen under its “golden passport” scheme is estimated to be worth $1.2B. Guardian
🌎 Filing alleges ‘improper’ relationship between Fulton DA, top Trump prosecutor. The bombshell public filing alleged that special prosecutor Nathan Wade paid for lavish vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County funds. AJC
🌎 U.S. companies in no hurry to disclose ownership under new Treasury rule. Treasury Secretary Yellen said 100,000 companies have registered their beneficial owners so far, under a new rule that went into effect Jan. 1. CNBC
🚩 Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN
🌎 Gotham City accounting queries wipe $3.83 billion off Grifols value. Last year, another short-seller Hindenburg Research triggered a $150B selloff in Adani Group shares. Reuters
🌎 Chinese Billionaire Is Second-Biggest Foreign Owner of US Land. Oregon tax records disclosed the name of the beneficial owner as Shanda Asset Management, the same moniker as Chen’s Singapore-based holding group. Bloomberg
🌎 Gang leader’s prison break puts restive Ecuador on high alert. José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the feared Los Choneros drug cartel better known by his alias “Fito,” escaped from prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil on Sunday. CNN
🌎 Sacramento man pleads guilty to providing aid to terrorist organization. Kurashev tried to provide financial support to terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is based in Syria. CBS
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