Modern commerce platform startup Chord Commerce Inc. today announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding to expand its data capabilities and support availability for larger customers. Bright Pixel Capital and Eclipse co-led the Series A extension, with GC1 Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Anti Fund VC, Imaginary Ventures, Foundation Capital and White Star Capital ...

Nissan North America Inc. has disclosed a data breach caused by an outside provider that affected nearly 18,000 customers. The breach was disclosed via a notification to the Office of the Maine Attorney General in mid-December. The notice states that the breach occurred June 21 last year and was discovered June 26. The breach is ...

A Tesla Inc. engineer today testified that the company faked a video showing a Model X driving itself in 2016. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s director of Autopilot software, revealed details of the fake video in a deposition as part of a lawsuit against Tesla into a 2018 fatal crash (pictured) involving an Apple Inc. engineer. The ...

A new report from researchers from Armorblox Inc. details a new spin on a credential-phishing attack that uses an old favorite — fake shipping correspondence from DHL — to breach Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online Protection. The phishing campaign targeted more than 10,000 inboxes at a private education institution and used social engineering and brand impersonation to ...

The website of ODIN Intelligence LLC, a provider of law enforcement tools including a sex offender tracking system, was defaced on the weekend after it was claimed that the company was exposing law enforcement data online. First reported by TechCrunch, the defacement included a message that stated, “ACAB” and “no nations! no borders! we are ...

Apple Inc. could be set to spring a January surprise for fans, with reports that the company could announce a new M2 MacBook Pro as soon as Tuesday, Jan. 17. The report of a Jan. 17 release comes from Apple leaker Jon Prosser, who posted on Twitter Inc. earlier today that people should “keep an ...

TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. has put forward a proposal to increase transparency amid ongoing calls for the app to be banned in the U.S. because of the company’s links to the Chinese government. The Wall Street Journal reported today that in talks with lawmakers and others, TikTok has put forward details of a $1.5 billion ...

Twitter Inc. has reportedly cut off third-party services from accessing its application programming interface in an apparently intentional move. Third-party services that rely on the Twitter API for access were first reported to have issues as early as Thursday night, with the apparent outage continuing into the weekend. The API, in this case, gives third-party ...

Biometric identity and authentication solutions provider authID Inc. today announced the integration of its Verified CloudConnect service with Okta Inc.’s Workforce Identity Cloud and the expanded availability of Verified 3.0’s full capabilities with Okta Customer Identity Cloud. Verified CloudConnect complements Okta’s Workforce and Customer Identity and Access Management platforms to secure desktop and mobile devices with ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today announced an expansion of its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to help customers deploy, automate and enhance their organization’s zero-trust security. The new integrations between Cloudflare and Microsoft allow customers to deploy zero-trust security tools in minutes, with no complex code changes. The integration also includes claimed industry-first features, ...