The FCA’s new crypto regime does not take effect until October 2027, but firms will have to start making decisions much sooner. With the authorization gateway opening on Sept. 30, the regulator has published guidance explaining which cryptoasset activities fall within the new framework and where FCA authorization may be required.
An attacker who has stolen legitimate credentials and learned to use the tools already sitting inside a network can be remarkably difficult to spot. There may be no conspicuous malware announcing the intrusion, no obviously malicious account and, for a time, little to distinguish the attacker from someone who belongs there. CISA wants critical infrastructure operators to give such intruders something they cannot safely touch.
Amazon Web Services has spent months trying to recover cloud infrastructure damaged during the war with Iran. In Bahrain, it has reached the end of that effort. AWS cannot restore access to its Bahrain cloud region or to resources and data held exclusively in one of its three availability zones in the United Arab Emirates, according to a company status update seen by Reuters. Reuters first reported the development Tuesday.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority will seek to give businesses greater certainty over how it regulates while maintaining its willingness to intervene against anti-competitive conduct, Chair Doug Gurr said Wednesday, setting out three commitments for the beginning of his five-year term.
Accenture has agreed to pay the United States $25 million to resolve allegations that its federal contracting business considered race and sex in hiring, promotion and professional development while certifying its compliance with anti-discrimination requirements attached to federal contracts.
Between July and September, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) granted 10 whistleblower awards worth more than $150 million, recognizing individuals whose original information helped the CFTC and other authorities bring successful enforcement actions. The Commission announced the final award determinations Monday, putting a number on what it describes as a record year for a whistleblower program that had entered 2026 carrying a substantial backlog.
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay nearly $385 million to settle allegations that it sold infant formula and nutritional products to government programs while failing to meet federal and state requirements at two of its manufacturing facilities, closing a False Claims Act case built around conditions the Justice Department says exposed products to an unacceptable risk of contamination.