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DAILY ISSUE · 2026-05-27

Wednesday 27 May 2026

4 dispatches · every item carries a primary source and independent corroboration.

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RBNZ holds OCR at 2.25% on Governor Breman's casting vote as committee spli
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MARKETS · rates central banks · 2026-05-27SCOOP 72

RBNZ holds OCR at 2.25% on Governor Breman's casting vote as committee splits 3-3 on a hike

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand held the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% on Wednesday, May 27, in a decision settled only by Governor Anna Breman's casting vote after the Monetary Policy Committee split 3-3 — internal members Breman, Karen Silk and Paul Conway voting to hold, and external members Carl Hansen, Hayley Gourley and Prasanna Gai voting for a 25-basis-point increase. The

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FBI warns Silent Ransom Group is posing as IT helpdesks — and walking operatives
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CYBER · ransomware threat groups · 2026-05-27SCOOP 62

FBI warns Silent Ransom Group is posing as IT helpdesks — and walking operatives into US law firms

The FBI warned in a May 26 advisory that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) — the data-theft extortion crew also tracked as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider and UNC3753 — has "consistently targeted U.S.-based law firms" and has recently begun posing as employees from victims' own IT departments, with the alert rippling through the legal and security trade press on May 27. According to the b

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CFTC moves to vacate Gemini's $5M futures settlement and scraps its own &#x
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MEMOS · leaked memos · 2026-05-27SCOOP 74

CFTC moves to vacate Gemini's $5M futures settlement and scraps its own 'no-deny' rule, deepening crypto-enforcement retreat

The CFTC filed a joint motion with Gemini in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, reported May 27-28, 2026, asking the court to vacate the agency's $5 million settlement with the crypto exchange. Gemini had paid the penalty in January 2025 to resolve a 2022 enforcement action alleging the company made false or misleading statements during the CFTC's re

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Connecticut Enacts Omnibus AI Law With Frontier-Model Whistleblower Shield and P
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MODELS · ai governance · 2026-05-27SCOOP 76

Connecticut Enacts Omnibus AI Law With Frontier-Model Whistleblower Shield and Provenance Mandate

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 5 into law on May 27, giving the state one of the nation's most comprehensive AI statutes. The 39-section omnibus measure imposes obligations on consumer-facing AI chatbots, frontier AI model developers, automated employment decision tools and social media platforms. Its frontier provisions cut closest to the model labs: develo

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