FIDO Alliance wants to keep AI agents from going rogue on online payments
2026-04-29T02:51:49Z•292004611dce764ddec2777992fef3647d17727d6fc70615ee832bb9a3481a67
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News roundup: The FIDO Alliance and vendors (Cequence, Sevii, NowSecure) announced initiatives and products to secure AI agents, authentication, payments and mobile app/agent governance as AI-driven automation and attacks increase. ShinyHunters claims a 1.4M‑record Udemy breach exposing PII (emails, names, addresses, phones, employer info, payout methods). Swiss authorities arrested 10 suspected Black Axe members tied to romance scams and large-scale fraud. A Chinese national was extradited to the U.S. on charges of cyberespionage targeting COVID‑19 research. Canada saw three arrests in its 첫
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