Weekly Report 20 January 2025

Meridian Group’s Cyber Intelligence Weekly Update

Our new Cyber Intelligence Weekly Report covers various highlights of the past week. The principal events:

  • Starmer’s plan for artificial intelligence: The British Prime Minister announced an ambitious plan to make the UK a global leader in AI, focusing on data centres, advanced training and autonomous regulation, with an estimated economic impact of £47 billion per year.
  • Pro-Russia disinformation on Bluesky: Bluesky is affected by a disinformation campaign that uses deepfakes and bots to promote pro-Russian narratives, testing the platform’s ability to combat these phenomena.
  • US rules on chip exports: The US restricts the export of advanced GPUs to China to protect national security and maintain technology leadership, prompting criticism from NVIDIA and Oracle.
  • Intesa Sanpaolo invests in bitcoin: The Italian bank has bought 11 bitcoins for around one million euros, marking a historic change in the national banking scene traditionally wary of cryptocurrencies.
  • Smishing alert with INPS logos: A fraudulent campaign uses fake SMS and counterfeit landing pages to steal personal data and documents from users by posing as INPS.
  • Truce in Gaza: Hamas and Israel have agreed to a 126-day ceasefire, with hostage and prisoner exchanges. Despite tensions, the agreement offers a potential glimmer of peace.
  • EU investigations against Big Tech: The European Commission continues its antitrust investigations against US tech giants like Apple and Meta, unaffected by Trump’s return to the US presidency.
  • Biden supports AI data centres: An executive order promotes the growth of AI data centres in the US by securing federal land for energy facilities and investments in semiconductor manufacturing.
  • Cybersecurity under pressure: The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 highlights growing cyber threats, regulatory challenges and skills shortages, calling for greater public-private collaboration.
  • Political crisis in South Korea: President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on charges of abuse of power and insurrection, triggering political divisions and repercussions on the national economy.


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