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Technology India Fuels Bitchat's Global Rise Despite Government Takedown Order
Bitchat, the internet-free messaging app founded by Jack Dorsey, has seen explosive growth in India despite a government order to remove its source code from GitHub. New data from Appfigures shows India accounted for 53% of the app's global downloads, with daily installs surging from 291 to over 28,000 in a week. The Internet Freedom Foundation has criticised the takedown order as unconstitutional.
Technology Global Anti-Piracy Operation Seizes Thousands of Websites Streaming World Cup Matches Illegally
The US Department of Justice announced that nearly 3,000 websites were blocked or seized for illegally streaming World Cup matches. Over 1,000 domains were shut down in the US and a similar number in Colombia, with additional domains taken down across South America. The operations, named 'operation offsides' and 'operation red card', were overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and supported by FIFA, media groups, and anti-piracy organizations.
Technology FBI Dismantles AI-Powered Phishing Service That Used Over a Million URLs to Steal Credit Cards
The FBI dismantled a Chinese phishing-as-a-service operation called Outsider Enterprise, seizing servers, cryptocurrency, and a Telegram bot. The three-year-old service generated around 9,000 fake websites and over a million fraudulent URLs, resulting in theft of 3.8 million credit card records and $1.9 billion in losses. Google filed a civil lawsuit and reported that criminals sent 2.5 million fraudulent SMS messages in just two weeks.