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August 12, 2026
A Record Month for Ransomware: Reading July's Numbers Before They Become Your Incident
July was the heaviest month for ransomware so far this year: 811 tracked victims across 66 groups, with insurers, food producers, and a national land registry...
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July 21, 2026
Software as an Economic Resource: The £1 Million Penalty That Redefines UK Sanctions Exposure
OFSI's £1 million penalty against a UK software company, its largest Russia-related fine since 2022, rests on a finding with long reach: access to a software...
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June 30, 2026
The First Declination: What DOJ's Bosch Resolution Says About Self-Disclosing Export Violations
On June 17, DOJ declined to prosecute Robert Bosch GmbH over $70 million in sensor and software exports to Huawei, the National Security Division’s first...
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May 31, 2026
When Delisting Is the News: Treasury's Sanctions Modernization and the Compliance Blind Spot It Exposes
On May 28, OFAC removed 76 outdated entries from the SDN List, opening a sanctions modernization initiative meant to refocus enforcement on the highest-risk...
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May 14, 2026
Plan to Be Cut Off: What CISA's CI Fortify Initiative Asks of Infrastructure Operators
On May 5, CISA told critical infrastructure operators to plan on a blunt assumption: in a geopolitical conflict, an adversary already holds access to your OT...
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April 5, 2026
Sham Transactions and the New OFAC Playbook: What Companies Need to Know
OFAC's March 2026 advisory targets sham transactions designed to disguise sanctioned persons' continuing interest in assets.
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March 31, 2026
Diverging Sanctions Regimes: Navigating the U.S.–EU–UK Compliance Gap on Russia
U.S., EU, and UK sanctions on Russia are increasingly diverging in scope, enforcement, and exemptions.
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March 17, 2026
The Shadow Fleet Problem: How Maritime Sanctions Evasion Creates Compliance Risk on Land
An aging fleet of tankers is moving sanctioned oil using spoofed tracking data, flag-switching, and layered shell companies.
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March 10, 2026
From Iran to Critical Infrastructure: Lessons from the 2026 Cyber Swarm
The February 2026 U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran triggered an immediate, dispersed cyber campaign against critical infrastructure.
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