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GitHub Delays Dependabot 3 Days After npm Hijack
GitHub's Dependabot now waits three days before merging updates, a direct answer to the npm hijack that hit chalk and debug packages.
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EPA Moves to Gut Comment Rule on Data Center Permits
EPA wants states to decide if data centers' neighbors get any notice before diesel generators go in. Comments close August 21 after a July 22 hearing.
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Upstart Clears OCC's Bar for a National Bank Charter
The OCC cleared Upstart's bank charter in under five months, days after denying Wise's — same administration, opposite outcomes, FDIC/Fed pending.
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OCC Rejects Wise's Trust Bank Bid Over AML Gaps
OCC's first trust-charter denial of the Trump era lands on Wise, just months after a $4.2M multi-state AML settlement, with Wise planning to refile.
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NJ Bans Surveillance Pricing After 22-14 Vote
New Jersey just became the third state this year to outlaw surveillance pricing, and shelf labels using digital tags are frozen too.
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Google Fined €890M by EU, Ordered to Fix Search Practices
Brussels hit Google with its first-ever DMA fine and a 60-day compliance clock, right as Washington threatens to make it a trade war.
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House Passes Main Street Capital Access Act, 270-155
A 270-155 House vote loosens merger review and capital rules for small banks, and 28 advocacy groups say it primes the next bailout.
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DOJ Sues to Seize $25M in Scam Crypto
Federal prosecutors want $25 million back from crypto scammers, but chasing the money is easier than chasing the people who stole it.
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Filed: CRL, NCLC Back Colorado on Section 525
Consumer advocates just told the Tenth Circuit where a loan is legally 'made' could decide every rent-a-bank fight still pending nationwide.
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Bell Policy Center Defends Colorado's 36% Rate Cap
A Colorado nonprofit tells the en banc Tenth Circuit that roughly 73% of voters already settled this rate-cap fight for out-of-state lenders in 2018.
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Sentenced: Alvelais Gets 18 Months, Scoular Pays $10M
A Texas federal judge sent Scoular's bribe-paying customs broker to prison for 18 months, days after the company's $10M deal went public.
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Fined $422M, Coupang Sparks US-Korea Clash
Seoul's record $422 million fine on Coupang draws Washington pushback, as lawmakers question whether Korea is treating the company fairly.
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Italy Fines WindTre €1.7M Over API Gaps
Italy's DPA didn't buy WindTre's human-error defense: unguarded internal APIs, not the social engineering, drove the €1.7M penalty.
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AliExpress Fined $625M Over Unsafe Toys, Cosmetics
The EU's largest Digital Services Act fine yet accuses AliExpress of giving moderators mere seconds to catch banned toys and cosmetics.
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Orders French ISPs to Block Polymarket
France ordered its internet providers to cut off Polymarket, citing hacked weather sensors and zero identity checks on French bettors.
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Treasury Opens GOLD EAGLE Under EO 14409
Treasury's new GOLD EAGLE clearinghouse is voluntary on paper. Examiners have a way of turning voluntary data sources into checklist items.
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Coca-Cola's Fairlife Halts Output in 17th US Breach of 2026
Coca-Cola's Fairlife brand just became the 17th US cyberattack of 2026, and the SEC's four-day disclosure clock is already running.
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20 AGs Ask OCC to Block OppFi's $130M Bank Buy
20 state AGs told the OCC, FDIC and Fed to kill OppFi's and Enova's bank buys, calling the deals a blueprint for evading rate caps.
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2 Teens Jailed 5.5 Years in £29M TfL Hack
Two teens got 5.5 years for a £29M TfL hack, the UK's first conviction under a law meant for critical-infrastructure sabotage, prosecutors say.
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3 Russians Indicted in $62M Bulletproof Hosting Case
DOJ charges a St. Petersburg trio who allegedly rented server space to ransomware gangs, no arrests, just a $10M bounty.
