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Threat actor targets Indian fintechs on weekends when defenders aren’t watching

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India's CERT-IN has warned fintechs, payment providers and lenders of escalating attacks by a threat actor it calls CRAFTY FALCON, which it describes as AI-assisted. The group reportedly re-targets victims after incomplete remediation and times attacks to weekends and holidays, when monitoring is thin.

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