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ALPHV claims to reactivate ransomware data leak website after FBI-led takedown
ALPHV, one of the most active ransomware-as-a-service gangs in the world, on Tuesday claimed to have regained control of a malicious website that the FBI took down earlier that day. ALPHV sells ransomware that other hacking groups use to launch cyberattacks. According to the FBI, those cyberattacks have incurred hundreds of millions of dollars in ...
Researchers find child sexual abuse images in LAION-5B AI training dataset
Researchers have found child sexual abuse material in LAION-5B, an open-source artificial intelligence training dataset used to build image generation models. The discovery was made by the Stanford Internet Observatory, or SIO, which detailed its findings in a Tuesday report. SIO researchers have identified more than 1,000 exploitative images of children in LAION-5B. They detailed in ...
Okta acquires identity security startup Spera in reported $100M+ deal
Okta Inc. today announced that it will acquire Spera Cybersecurity Inc., a startup helping enterprises secure employee accounts across services such as Salesforce and GitHub. CTech reported that the deal will be worth between $100 million and $130 million depending on whether certain performance milestones are met. According to Okta, the acquisition is on track ...
Law enforcement agencies led by FBI disrupt ALPHV ransomware gang
A group of law enforcement agencies led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has disrupted the infrastructure of the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang. The FBI announced the development this morning. The ransomware gang it disrupted is tracked as ALPHV, BlackCat and Noberus. Authorities shut down several of ALPHV’s technical assets, including multiple malicious ...
Comcast’s Xfinity unit and Insomniac Games experience large-scale data breaches
Comcast Corp.’s Xfinity subsidiary and video game developer Insomniac Games Inc. have both experienced large-scale data breaches that each compromised more than 1 million records. The cyberattack against Xfinity was disclosed on Monday and saw hackers steal millions of customers’ account details. The Insomnia breach, in turn, first came to light last Tuesday. Today, the ...
Alteryx to be acquired by private equity firms in $4.4B deal
Alteryx Inc. has agreed to be taken private by Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners in a deal worth $4.4 billion. The transaction, which the company announced today, comes four months after reports first emerged that a sale may be in the works. The $4.4 billion that Clearlake and Insight are offering represents a 49% premium ...
IBM acquires Software AG’s StreamSets and webMethods products for €2.13B
IBM Corp. today announced plans to acquire Software AG’s StreamSets and webMethods application integration platforms for €2.13 billion, or about $2.33 billion, in cash. The deal comes only months after Software AG was taken private by investment firm Silver Lake at a more than €2.4 billion valuation. The fact that the value of the new ...
EU launches investigation into X over suspected DSA violations
The European Commission is launching an investigation into X, the social network previously known as Twitter, after finding the company may have breached the European Union’s Digital Services Act. EU officials announced the move today. It comes about a year and a half after the European Parliament passed the Digital Services Act, or DSA, into ...
Electronic signature provider DocuSign reportedly exploring a sale
Shares of DocuSign Inc. closed up 12.4% today following a report that the electronic signature provider is exploring a sale. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal would be structured as a leveraged buyout. That’s an acquisition in which the buyer takes on debt, often using the acquired company’s assets as collateral, to finance ...
Apple will reportedly add OLED displays to iPad and MacBook lineups
Apple Inc. is reportedly working on new iPads and MacBooks that will feature OLED display technology. Nikkei Asia reported the development effort today, citing multiple industry executives. Two of the sources added that Apple may build a foldable iPad. That prospective device is also likely to include OLED technology, which is already used by Samsung ...