The source code used in smart car components designed by Mercedes-Benz has been found exposed online via a misconfigured Git registration system. Discovered by software engineer Till Kottmann and first reported today by ZDNet, the source code was found on a Git web portal belonging to Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler AG. Kottman was able to freely ...

Problems at SoftBank Group Corp. continue to mount as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma today quit the board following the announcement that the company’s Vision Fund had reported an $18 billion loss. Officially the departure of Ma (pictured) from the company was related to his decision to pull back from formal business roles ...

Enterprise learning platform startup GO1 Pty. Ltd. has raised $40 million in new funding to increase market expansion in North America as well as expand its content provider partner network in direct response to the increased demand for the platform. Announced today, the Series C round was led by Madrona Venture Group and Seek Ltd. and included Salesforce ...

The celebrity law firm being extorted by a ransomware group has denied claims by the group that it has ever worked with President Donald Trump. The attack on Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, first reported May 12, started making headlines through the week after REvil, the Eastern European hacking group behind the ransomware attack, claimed ...

Private equity firm General Atlantic Service Company L.P. today said it has invested $870 million into Indian mobile telecommunications company Jio Platforms Ltd., following in the footsteps of Facebook Inc., which invested in the company last month. For its $870 million investment, General Atlantic is receiving a 1.34% equity stake in the company on a fully diluted ...

Supercomputers across Europe have been hacked over the last week by an unknown group that has been inserting cryptocurrency mining software. At least a dozen supercomputers in Germany, the U.K., Switzerland and Spain were targeted, with many being taken offline as a result of the hacks. The first system targeted is believed to be “Archer,” a ...

Unknown hackers have stolen $10 million from Norfund, Norway’s state investment fund in an operation that spanned several months. The money was stolen by tricking an employee to send the money to an account controlled by the hackers, but the more impressive part is the patience those behind the attack took in getting to that ...

DigitalOcean Inc., provider of a “developer cloud” aimed at simplifying the creation of modern apps, today announced it has raised $50 million on a $1.15 billion valuation, giving the company “unicorn” status for the first time. The Series C round was led by Access Industries and included Andreessen Horowitz. DigitalOcean said the funding would be used ...

Websites belonging to Texas courts have been targeted in a ransomware attack and were shut down late last week as a consequence. The attack was disclosed by the Office of Court Administration for Texas in a statement Monday. The ransomware attack was detected on Friday, May 8, and is described as occurring in “overnight hours.” ...

The REvil ransomware hacking group has targeted Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a high-profile entertainment law firm that represents celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige. First uncovered by security researchers at Emisoft Ltd., the 756 gigabytes of data stolen from the law firm ...