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MGM Resort’s Data Breach Leads to Class Action
- Monday, 02 March 2020
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An MGM Resorts customer has filed a class action lawsuit over a data breach the casino operator suffered last year. So reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Read more...Fifth Third Bank Warns of Data Breach By Insiders
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Fifth Third Bank has revealed that some of its employees seemingly leaked sensitive customer information. So reports The Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Read more...Click2Gov Data Breaches Lead to Exodus By Cities
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Cities, including Bend, Oregon and College Station, Texas, are ditching payment platform Click2Gov following successive waves of data breaches. So reports StateScoop.
Read more...ForgePoint Launches New $450M Cybersecurity Fund
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Cybersecurity venture capital firm ForgePoint Capital has unveiled a new $450 million fund, which it says is the biggest devoted to early-stage startups in the industry. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Pelosi: Working with Huawei Like 'Choosing Autocracy Over Democracy'
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has stepped up her warnings about working with China-based telecommunications equipment maker Huawei. She compared the risks of allowing Chinese sway over tech to siding with dictatorship. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Dell to Sell Cybersecurity Unit for $2.08B
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Dell Technologies has announced a $2.08 billion deal to sell its RSA cybersecurity business to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners. So reports TheStreet.com.
Read more...Cybersecurity Startup 'Deep Instinct' Raises $43M
- Saturday, 15 February 2020
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Deep Instinct, a startup with a cybersecurity system that uses artificial intelligence-based deep learning, has garnered $43 million in venture-capital funding. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Ashley Madison Data Breach Fuels 'Sextortion' Scams 5 Years Later
- Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Ashley Madison subscribers are becoming the targets of a new type of heist five years after the affair-dating website’s 2015 data breach. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Bank of Japan Warns of Tokyo Olympics Cyber-attack Risks
- Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Japan’s central bank has warned the nation’s financial institutions to take steps against hacking before this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Iowa’s troubled Caucus App was Vulnerable to Hacking, Too
- Thursday, 06 February 2020
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The smartphone app that officials blamed for delaying the results of the Iowa Democratic caucuses also suffered from basic cybersecurity flaws. So reports ProPublica.
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