Ahmedabad/Surat, March 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A counterfeit currency racket involving the manufacture and circulation of fake Rs 500 notes has been uncovered by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, with officers seizing Rs 2.38 crore in forged notes and arresting seven people, including a woman. The arrests were made on Wednesday night after officers intercepted a white Toyota Fortuner near Torrent Power in Amraiwadi, acting on specific Intelligence that counterfeit currency was being transported from Surat to Ahmedabad for delivery.

Washington, Feb 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Foreign players linked to China are tightening their grip over America’s food supply and influencing grocery prices, a top Democratic senator said, warning that rising consolidation in agriculture and food markets is squeezing consumers and farmers while posing risks to national security. In a letter to senior Trump’s Cabinet members, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged immediate enforcement action against what he described as anti-competitive practices and growing foreign control across key segments of the US agricultural supply chain.

Washington, Feb 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two senior Republican lawmakers have written to NASA and the FBI raising concerns over what they describe as potential Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked research collaborations involving US taxpayer-funded grants, including a NASA award. In letters dated February 12 to FBI Director Kash Patel and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and House Select Committee on the CCP Chairman John Moolenaar said they were pursuing oversight of “the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence over our nation’s universities and other research institutions.”

Washington, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) China-linked scam networks are stealing billions of dollars from hard-working Americans and posing a growing threat to families across the United States, influential senators said, as lawmakers pushed bipartisan legislation to crack down on fraud tied to cryptocurrency, human trafficking, and overseas scam compounds. Calling the issue a national security concern, Senate Aging Committee Chairman Rick Scott told a Senate hearing this week that scams targeting seniors are draining savings built over decades and devastating households across the country.

China-linked cyber-espionage actors tracked as 'Bronze Butler' (Tick) exploited a Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager vulnerability as a zero-day to deploy an updated version of their Gokcpdoor malware.

CISA warns of VMware zero-day exploited by China-linked hackers before Broadcom patch.

China-based threat actors exploited ToolShell SharePoint flaw CVE-2025-53770 soon after it was patched in July.

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks.

China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, US govt warns.

Researchers warn of a new IoT botnet called Raptor Train that already compromised over 200,000 devices worldwide.

A Chinese-speaking threat actor tracked as Tidrone has been targeting military and satellite industries in Taiwan.

China-linked group APT41 breached a Taiwanese government-affiliated research institute using ShadowPad and Cobalt Strike.

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