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Conduent discovered a cyberattack on Jan. 13, 2025, in which hackers accessed sensitive data from Oct. 21, 2024, to Jan. 13, 2025. The breach affects more than 10 million people across several states, including exposure of addresses, Social Security numbers, and medical or health insurance information. Free one-year credit monitoring is offered, with signup due by April 30, 2026.

Microsoft announces coordinated legal action in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt RedVDS, a cybercrime subscription fueling fraud. Since March 2025, RedVDS-linked activity caused about $40B in reported U.S. losses; since September 2025 it has enabled compromise or fraudulent access for 191,000+ organizations. One month saw 2,600 VMs send ~1M phishing messages daily to Microsoft customers.

TotalEnergies will restart its Mozambique LNG gas project after a 2021 site massacre triggered accusations of complicity in war crimes. CEO Patrick Pouyanné says force majeure has ended at a relaunch ceremony with Mozambique’s president. A 2024 investigation and later Dutch findings described abuses of about 200 men by soldiers on company ground, which TotalEnergies denies, prompting political scrutiny and security criticism; the firm holds a 26.5% stake.

On March 19, 2026, Samsung announced plans to invest more than 110 trillion won (about $73.24 billion) in capital expenditures and research this year to pursue leadership in the AI chip era. The spending is framed as the largest annual semiconductor investment on record, expanding memory, foundry, and advanced packaging and building on record Device Solutions results.

Sun Pharma secured $11.75bn in syndicated financing for its all-cash Organon acquisition, funding the remainder from internal cash. Eight more lenders joined by 30 June, bringing the total to 11, with SBI the only Indian bank. Chairman Dilip Shanghvi signed the deal in April 2026, targeting about $12.4bn in combined annual revenue and a boost to Sun’s global biosimilars footprint.

Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150m in compensation to Yindjibarndi traditional owners for cultural losses linked to the Solomon Hub iron ore mine, the largest native title payout on record. The Western Australian government approved the mine without Yindjibarndi consent. Federal court found cultural loss at $150m and heard 240 heritage sites were relocated, with 140 destroyed.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories plans to expand its generic HIV portfolio with lenacapavir injections after India’s CDSCO approved manufacturing and marketing without phase-III trials. Estimates suggest prices could drop 50% to 70% from up to ₹3,500 per dose. Dr Reddy’s licensed royalty-free manufacturing in India and 120 low-income countries, while Aurigene secured a long-term contract to supply sterile injectables and biologics.

Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-birm is planning a 10 trillion won ($6.8 billion) smelting complex in Tennessee and has agreed to give the U.S. government an option to acquire up to a 34.5% stake in the minerals smelter. A South Korean court rejected MBK Partners and Young Poong’s bid to block Korea Zinc from selling $1.94 billion in new shares to a U.S.-backed joint venture linked to the plan.

TSMC is investing $165 billion to make Arizona a central hub for American semiconductor manufacturing, the largest foreign direct investment in US history. Plans near Phoenix call for up to 12 fabrication plants and four advanced packaging facilities. By March 2026, Fab 21 Phase 1 is producing advanced chips for Apple and NVIDIA, Phase 2 construction is complete, and TSMC has acquired 2,000 acres for a GigaFab campus with major R&D.

Security researchers analyzed a massive automated operation targeting exposed Fortinet firewalls. Threat actors probed 73,932 firewall URLs in 194 countries, affecting 21,632 domains, and launched an estimated 1.16 billion credential attempts at 320,000 FortiGate targets. Many devices stored older SHA-256 credential formats, making offline brute-forcing possible after config extraction.

In September 2008, as the US housing market collapsed and defaults surged, the US government announced a sweeping intervention to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from worsening pressure on the housing market and the financial system. On September 6, FHFA placed both firms into conservatorship, taking control of management, boards and shareholders. They remained under federal conservatorship in 2026, though Treasury and FHFA amended release agreements in January 2025.

A law firm is investigating whether Super Micro’s officers and directors breached fiduciary duties or violated state or federal law. Separately, on March 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against three individuals tied to the company over an alleged scheme to divert large quantities of AI servers to China in violation of U.S. export control laws, enabling about $2.5 billion in sales from 2024 to 2025.

Corteva Agriscience and the EPA announced plans to cancel Enlist Duo after years of litigation and advocacy by the Center for Food Safety, which argued the herbicide’s approval was unlawful under FIFRA and posed cancer and environmental risks. CFS said the 2,4-D and glyphosate mix has harmed reproductive health and community wellbeing, and the move ends a long-fought U.S. agriculture product.

Human rights and digital rights organizations accuse Palantir of building AI-powered tools for mass surveillance and digital weaponry, linking its systems to ICE and AI-assisted violence in Gaza. They cite a 22-point racist, techno-fascist manifesto and allege repeated breaches of international law and UN human-rights guidance. Groups call for peaceful disruption and pressure of public and institutional buyers worldwide.

Police raided South Korea’s transport ministry amid growing scrutiny over the handling of the country’s deadliest aviation disaster. A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024, after a bird strike, hitting a concrete structure and killing all but two of 181 on board. Families protested that remains and belongings were stored and only later identified, prompting a fresh inquiry ordered by the transport minister, while an audit found the struck mound was built as a cost-saving measure.

Meta faces a high-stakes California trial as it already lost two cases involving harms to children and teens this year. State attorneys general seek extraordinary damages disclosed at nearly $1.4 trillion and could push for structural remedies, while Meta says the penalty is untethered to alleged violations. The company also reported a rare profit decline tied to $2.4 billion in legal expenses, and experts doubt a penalty near $1.4 trillion.

A Yale Humanitarian Research Lab report says Gazprom and Rosneft sponsored the transport and re-education of about 2,158 forcefully deported Ukrainian children from Russia-occupied Ukraine between 2022 and 2025, with a broader estimate of around 35,000 deported. The report also notes most involved entities were not sanctioned and references US moves on 12 March easing some Russia oil purchasing limits.

McKesson supplies about one-third of the prescription medicines used by hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics across North America and also supports specialty care and related programs. In an SEC filing, the company disclosed a discovered cybersecurity incident affecting its information systems. The breach risk is heightened because healthcare records and treatment histories are highly sensitive and harder to replace, enabling fraud, extortion, and targeted social engineering.

CATL says all 20 of its operating EV battery plants are carbon neutral after meeting a 2025 target, powered by 100% zero-carbon electricity for core operations. It notes most emissions still occur outside factories, and is using an internal carbon-data platform aligned with ISO 14068-1. From 2027, new suppliers must provide product carbon footprints, with renewables and efficiency in supplier reviews; CATL also supports distributed solar and plans lower-carbon materials, zero-carbon logistics, and recycling.

CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker, announced a $4.4 billion investment to create a mining subsidiary aimed at securing critical mineral supplies. The move escalates Beijing’s strategy to strengthen control of the battery supply chain, potentially increasing leverage over minerals needed for EVs, grid storage, and defense applications while further consolidating CATL’s upstream position.