Big tech will share threat feeds
Google, Amazon, OpenAI and five other big U.S. tech firms have signed a pledge to share threat intelligence on scams and online fraud, creating a coordinated defense against AI‑powered abuse reported. Expect more cross‑platform signal-sharing and APIs for coordinated abuse mitigation.
The agreement is being circulated as the “Online Services Accord Against Scams,” and signatories named in press coverage include Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe and Match Group. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The announcement was timed for the run-up to the UN’s Global Fraud Summit in Vienna, scheduled for March 16–17, 2026, where public‑private coordination on fraud is a central agenda item. (unodc.org) A draft of the accord reportedly commits signatories to share intelligence on criminal networks, deploy AI‑driven detection across services, and strengthen verification around financial transactions. (dig.watch) The push for shared signals comes against a rising loss picture: the FBI’s IC3 reported about $16.6 billion in reported internet‑crime losses and 859,532 complaints for 2024. (ic3.gov) Industry already runs cross‑platform exchanges: the Global Signal Exchange (GSE), launched in 2024 with Google and the Global Anti‑Scam Alliance, now documents a public API and onboarding docs for sending and receiving signals. (gasa.org) One deployed ingestion example — DAP.live from the DNS Research Federation — aggregates “more than 100 feeds” and shares signals at scale via Google Cloud infrastructure, a model the new accord appears to mirror for threat‑feed interoperability. (dnsrf.org) Signatories also framed the pact as a mechanism to speed cooperation with governments and law enforcement, an objective that aligns with U.S. policy actions such as the White House’s March 6, 2026 executive order on combating cybercrime and fraud. (dig.watch)
