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Social Security numbers stolen in California Pizza Kitchen data breach
The Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 California Pizza Kitchen Inc. employees have been stolen in a data breach. According to a Nov. 15 regulatory filing the company lodged with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, the data breach was detected in September. How the data was stolen was not specified and described only ...
Enterprise machine learning development platform Comet raises $50M
Enterprise machine learning development platform startup Comet ML Inc. has raised $50 million in new funding to continue to evolve how it provides data science and machine learning teams a single platform to manage and optimize their work. The Series B round was led by OpenView. Also participating in the round were Scale Venture Partners, Trilogy Equity ...
Blackthorn.io buys Salesforce app Textey to improve customer communications
Event management and payment processing on Salesforce Inc. company Blackthorn.io Inc. today revealed that it has acquired Textey LLC, a Salesforce-focused short message service provider, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2105, Textey offers a comprehensive and affordable text messaging solution for financial services, real estate, higher education and Salesforce. A top-rated app on the Salesforce ...
Security firm Expel raises $140.3M on unicorn valuation of $1B+
Managed detection and response provider Expel Inc. announced today that it has raised $140.3 million in new funding to invest in product research and development, introduce new capabilities and accelerate growth. Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG and Paladin Capital led the Series E round. Also participating in the round were Cisco Investments, March Capital, Index Ventures, Scale Venture Partners ...
Engineering software firm nTopology raises $65M to expand application reach
Engineering software firm nTopology Inc. today announced that it has raised $65 million in new funding to expand the type of applications it serves in the product development process and strengthen its global footprint. Tiger Global led the Series D round. Also participating in the round were Oldslip Group, Root Ventures, Canaan Partners, Haystack and Insight ...
Apple device management platform startup Kandji raises $100M
Apple Inc. device management platform startup Kandji Inc. today announced it had raised $100 million in new funding to evolve its product offerings, increase global hiring and open a London office. Tiger Global led the Series C round. Also participating in the round were Definition Capital, Frontline Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft, Felicis Ventures, The Spruce House Partnership, B ...
North Korean cybercriminal group ‘TA406’ escalates attacks through 2021
A new report from security researchers at Proofpoint Inc. details a North Korean-aligned threat actor undertaking attacks that have escalated through 2021. Dubbed TA406, the threat actor is associated with the Kimsuky threat actor group, referred to by some as Thallium and Konni Group but a unique entity in its own right. The group undertakes ...
Justice Department to sell $56M in cryptocurrency seized in BitConnect investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice received court approval today to sell about $56 million in cryptocurrency seized as part of an investigation into the BitConnect Ltd. Ponzi scheme. The unspecified cryptocurrency holdings were taken from BitConnect co-founder Glenn Arcaro, who pleaded guilty to fraud on Sept.1. The proceeds from the sale will be used to reimburse ...
Emotet botnet, ‘the world’s most dangerous malware,’ has returned from the dead
The hacking and malware community could easily be compared to a horror film. You may kill what you see before you but there is always a sequel. Such is the case with Emotet, a botnet once described as “the world’s most dangerous malware.” Back and targeting computers worldwide, Emotet is both a name given to ...
Data aggregation startup People Data Labs raises $45M to expand into new industries
Data aggregation startup People Data Labs Inc. announced today it has raised $45 million in new funding to expand its data products into new industries. The Series B round was led by Craft Ventures, with Flex Capital also participating. Including the new funding, People Data Labs has raised $55.3 million in funding to date, according to data from Crunchbase. ...