Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

El Salvador announces plans to build a so-called ‘Bitcoin City’

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

El Salvador’s president has announced an ambitious plan to build a so-called “Bitcoin City” in which the cryptocurrency will be the only legal tender. President Nayib Bukele made the announcement on Saturday night, claiming that the new city would be fully fledged. …

Social Security numbers stolen in California Pizza Kitchen data breach

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Enterprise machine learning development platform Comet raises $50M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Blackthorn.io buys Salesforce app Textey to improve customer communications

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Security firm Expel raises $140.3M on unicorn valuation of $1B+

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Engineering software firm nTopology raises $65M to expand application reach

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Apple device management platform startup Kandji raises $100M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

North Korean cybercriminal group ‘TA406’ escalates attacks through 2021

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Justice Department to sell $56M in cryptocurrency seized in BitConnect investigation

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

Emotet botnet, ‘the world’s most dangerous malware,’ has returned from the dead

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

El Salvador announces plans to build a so-called ‘Bitcoin City’

Social Security numbers stolen in California Pizza Kitchen data breach

Enterprise machine learning development platform Comet raises $50M

Security firm Expel raises $140.3M on unicorn valuation of $1B+

Engineering software firm nTopology raises $65M to expand application reach

North Korean cybercriminal group ‘TA406’ escalates attacks through 2021

Justice Department to sell $56M in cryptocurrency seized in BitConnect investigation

Emotet botnet, ‘the world’s most dangerous malware,’ has returned from the dead

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