Compliance Stuff

On November 13, AI company Anthropic reported that its Threat Intelligence team had disrupted a state‑sponsored Chinese threat actor conducting what is believed to be the first largely autonomous AI‑orchestrated cyber espionage campaign. The threat actor used Claude Code with autonomous agentic orchestration to execute the majority of the intrusion life cycle— reconnaissance, exploitation, credential harvesting, lateral movement, and data exfiltration—across multiple global sectors . Claude Code is a developer-focused variant of the Claude large language model created by Anthropic , designed to function as an advanced, agentic coding assistant that automates complex software development. The key technical aspects of the campaign reveal that the AI agent autonomously carried out approximately 80 percent to 90 percent of all operational tasks . Human operators were responsible for selecting targets and giving strategic approvals, while the AI handled the majority of the tactical action...

Effective September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) materially expands the scope of the T exas Business and Commerce Code §§ 301-305 (Mini-TCPA) governing both telephone and SMS marketing. The statute requires registration and posting of a bond, lowers procedural barriers to private litigation, and increases both private and governmental enforcement exposure. The principal changes and recommended compliance measures are outlined below. A violation of any provision of the Mini-TCPA is now expressly deemed an “unfair and deceptive practice” under Texas law, exposing violators to statutory damages of not less than $500 and not more than $1,500 per unlawful call or text. In addition, the Texas Attorney General is authorized to seek civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation. These monetary enhancements, combined with the removal of the reporting prerequisite, are expected to generate increased class action activity in Texas state and federal courts. A seller that makes telephon...