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The US House passes a bipartisan bill to expand US export controls to restrict Chinese companies' remote access to US AI chips from data centers outside China (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/house-passe…

House Passes Bill to Limit China’s Remote Access to U.S. Chips
The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bipartisan bill that expands U.S. export controls to restrict Chinese companies’ ability to remotely access advanced American AI chips at data centers outside China. The bill, the Remote Access Security Act, is the latest step in Washington’s effort to limit China’s use of critical U.S. technologies due to national security concerns. It is

There's been some sort of an incident during which a Latvian crew member tried to install a remote access trojan onto an Italian ferry on behalf of a foreign power.
Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
https://mariti…

Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
 French authorities are investigating a serious cyber threat aboard a Mediterranean ferry: an onboard malware installation carried out at the directio...

Plex starts to enforce a rule requiring users to pay for a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass to stream from a remote server on Roku; other platforms follow in 2026 (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/pl…

Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
Roku users will be hit first.

France charges a crew member of an Italian passenger ferry for allegedly infecting the ship with a remote access tool on behalf of a foreign power (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fr…

It was Operation Endgame that took down Rhadamanthys.
End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/end-of-game-for-cybercrime-infra…

End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down – Operation Endgame’s latest phase targeted the infostealer Rhadamanthys, Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium | Europol
Between 10 and 14 November 2025, the latest phase of Operation Endgame was coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The actions targeted one of the biggest infostealers (Rhadamanthys), the Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium, all of which played a key role in international cybercrime. Authorities took down these three large cybercrime enablers. The main suspect for VenomRAT was also arrested in Greece on 3 November 2025.

Article doesn't say if the capacity for remotely-disabling machines is something the government ordinarily wants?
Basically any device that can receive remote firmware/software updates from a manufacturer can be remotely disabled - intentionally or otherwise.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/…

UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
: Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law