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Security

Ransomware targeting MongoDB databases threatens to report victims for GDPR breach

By Duncan Riley Jul 2, 2020

An unknown hacker has targeted 22,900 MongoDB databases in a ransomware attack that threatens to report victims to authorities for breaching the European Union General Data Protection Regulation if they don’t pay up. The…

Blockchain

Vulnerability in some popular bitcoin wallets can be exploited to commit fraud

By Duncan Riley Jul 2, 2020

A newly discovered vulnerability in some popular bitcoin wallets can be exploited by scammers to commit fraud and even make the wallets themselves unusable. Discovered by wallet startup ZenGo and revealed today, the vulnerability,…

Apps

Facebook discloses it exposed inactive-user data to developers

By Duncan Riley Jul 2, 2020

Facebook Inc. today revealed that it exposed inactive-user data to developers in yet another potential data-sharing scandal for the social media giant. The new incident involves about 5,000 app developers having access to user…

Policy

Privacy advocates urge closer scrutiny of Google’s Fitbit acquisition

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2020

Google LLC’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of wearable fitness tracker device company Fitbit Inc. is coming under more scrutiny after several consumer advocacy groups from around the world joined forces to demand a closer…

Cloud

VMware buys Blue Medora’s True Visibility business unit

By Mike Wheatley Jul 2, 2020

Software virtualization giant VMware Inc. today announced its second acquisition in as many days, saying it intends to buy the team and technology behind Blue Medora Inc.’s True Visibility Suite. The idea with the acquisition…

Apps

After IPOs, shares of Lemonade more than double and Accolade soars

By Maria Deutscher Jul 2, 2020

Shares of Lemonade Inc. and Accolade Inc. spiked today after their initial public offerings, with the former company seeing its market capitalization more than double and the latter rising in excess of 40% at one point. The…

Big Data

Informatica buys Compact Solutions in first acquisition under new CEO

By Maria Deutscher Jul 2, 2020

Data management firm Informatica LLC today said that it has acquired partner Compact Solutions LLC, whose software helps enterprises track what happens to business records they keep in internal systems such as mainframes. The…

Policy

CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook will testify before Congress in July

By Maria Deutscher Jul 2, 2020

Apple Inc., Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. have indicated that their chief executives will testify before Congress as part of lawmakers’ investigation into competitive practices in the tech industry. A spokesperson for the House Judiciary…

Cloud

How Vendia’s founders aim to leverage serverless and blockchain to solve data sprawl

By Stu Miniman with Mark Albertson Jul 2, 2020

Two important tenets surrounding the cloud revolution are that it should not be viewed as a destination, but rather a means to enable new ways of thinking, and that the technology should not lock…

Cloud

Emergency responders finding SMS is a whole lot more than text messages

By Paul Gillin Jul 2, 2020

With lockdowns beginning to ease, government agencies are taking a hard look at their emergency management and alert systems and finding that there’s a lot more more power in Short Message Service than meets…

the latest

Vulnerability in some popular bitcoin wallets can be exploited to commit fraud

Facebook discloses it exposed inactive-user data to developers

Privacy advocates urge closer scrutiny of Google’s Fitbit acquisition

VMware buys Blue Medora’s True Visibility business unit

After IPOs, shares of Lemonade more than double and Accolade soars

Informatica buys Compact Solutions in first acquisition under new CEO

CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook will testify before Congress in July

Emergency responders finding SMS is a whole lot more than text messages

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