Asian Tech Roundup: ByteDance bites dust

Plus, India cracks down on deepfakes

TikTok owner ByteDance has confirmed it will downsize its gaming division, cutting around 1,000 jobs. Source
A job post on WeChat shows Nvidia is looking to expand its autonomous driving workforce in China. Source
China appears to be cracking down on tools intended to bypass the Great Firewall, disappearing from sites like GitHub. Source

Taiwan's Foxconn has announced it will build a new $1.5 billion plant to meet "operational needs." Source
A cyber criminal claims to be selling "millions" of records from Indian logistics startup Shadowfax. They claim the breach happened in November, and around 5 million users have been affected. Source
Hacking group LockBit claims to have attacked India's National Aerospace Laboratories. It has posted data on its darkweb site as proof. Source
India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake and other AI media, and expects to have "clear, actionable items" ready to review next week. Source

The cabinet has approved a bill to set up a ¥1 trillion ($6.7 billion) fund for Japan's Space Exploration Agency (JAXA). The agency will use the money to support startups, the private sector and academia. Source
The local government of the city of Fukuoka is fast-tracking visa applications from foreign IT engineers, under the Engineer Visa programme. Source
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has said it will require all companies receiving semiconductor subsidies to take measures to prevent technology IP leaking to other countries. Source
JAXA has found a data breach, possibly related to its Active Directory implementation. At present it doesn't believe sensitive information has been stolen. Source
Around 400,000 items of personal data may have been leaked by Japanese tech giant LY Corp., a company official has said. Source

South Korea is to begin issuing licenses for "free-roaming" robots, in an effort to normalise their use among the general public. Source
South Korea is to launch a pilot of a central bank digital currency in Q4 next year, starting with around 100,000 citizens. The pilot could be in the cities of Jeju, Busan or Incheon, but not Seoul. Source
North Korea's Diamond Sleet state-backed attack group is distributing a malicious version of a legitimate app developed by Taiwan's CyberLink, as part of a supply chain attack. Source