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

3M customer records stolen in hack of Italian bank UniCredit

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Global Italian banking and financial services company UniCredit S.p.A revealed Monday that 3 million customer records were stolen in a data breach that may have taken place as far back as 2015. The hack involved the theft of names, cities, phone numbers and …

End of an era: Google announces it will no longer index Adobe Flash content

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

At the dawn of the World Wide Web, websites powered by early versions of Hypertext Markup Language were very basic because of the limitations of the code. In the latter half of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, an alternative appeared in …

New Uber Money service allows drivers to access payments immediately

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has launched a new division that offers financial services for Uber drivers. Called Uber Money, the new service comes with a Visa debit card and delivers, for the first time, the ability for Uber drivers and related service providers …

Bitcoin surges as Chinese president backs blockchain technology

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin had a remarkable return to form over the weekend after declining over the last month into a bear market. The reason: China. The cryptocurrency peaked as high as $10,071.47 early Saturday, up 36% in one day to its highest level in five …

Ransomware hackers demand payment for not releasing Johannesburg data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

In a targeted ransomware attack, hackers took down the computer network of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa Oct. 24, stealing data from the city and threatening to release it unless the ransom payment is made. The group behind the attack, going …

Sophisticated spear-phishing campaign targets UN and NGOs

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The United Nations and nongovernment organizations are being targeted by a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign that’s attempting to gain account credentials for Okta, Office 365 and Outlook. Detected by security firm Lookout Inc. and publicized Thursday, the phishing campaign has been live since …

7.5M customer records exposed on Adobe Creative Cloud database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Adobe Systems Inc. is the last company to expose customer data on an unsecured database, with 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud accounts found online. Discovered by Comparitech Ltd. and security researcher Bob Diachenko and publicized Friday, the exposed Elasticsearch database was open …

SoftBank acquires 80% stake in WeWork for $8B+ financing package

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

SoftBank Group Corp. will acquire an 80% stake in We Co., the parent company of WeWork in a deal worth $8 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. Under the deal, first speculated last week, SoftBank, already the biggest investor in WeWork, will provide …

Mark Zuckerberg grilled after giving lawmakers Libra cryptocurrency testimony

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Services Committee Wednesday, but though his remarks were released in advance Tuesday, the question-and-answer session delivered some surprises. The committee hearing, titled “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and …

Scoot rolls out its own custom moped based on Bird design

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

E-scooter company Scott Rides Inc., acquired by Bird Rides Inc. in June, today entered the custom electric moped market with its new Scoot Moped. Pitched as an alternative to ride-hailing services, the mopeds will initially launch in Los Angeles as part of a pilot …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

3M customer records stolen in hack of Italian bank UniCredit

End of an era: Google announces it will no longer index Adobe Flash content

New Uber Money service allows drivers to access payments immediately

Bitcoin surges as Chinese president backs blockchain technology

Ransomware hackers demand payment for not releasing Johannesburg data

Sophisticated spear-phishing campaign targets UN and NGOs

7.5M customer records exposed on Adobe Creative Cloud database

SoftBank acquires 80% stake in WeWork for $8B+ financing package

Mark Zuckerberg grilled after giving lawmakers Libra cryptocurrency testimony

Scoot rolls out its own custom moped based on Bird design

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