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December 13, 2020, 4:25 PM

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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Sources: state sponsored hackers stole information from the US Treasury and Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sophisticated hacking group backed by a foreign government stole information from the U.S. Treasury Department …
Rakesh Prakash / Times of India:
Violent unrest erupts at Wistron's iPhone manufacturing plant near Bengaluru in India, sources say over the company's failure to pay promised wages  —  A screenshot of the video showing employees damaging properties at the iPhone manufacturing plant.  —  BENGALURU: The iPhone manufacturing plant …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook considers physical retaliation from Hindu extremist groups as a danger in India, which it ranks as a “Tier One” country for societal violence  —  Social media giant's security team cites possible attacks if extremist Hindu groups are kicked off platform
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: point-of-sale lender Affirm is postponing its IPO until next year  —  The point-of-sale lender is the second company in as many days to pull back from the IPO market  —  Affirm Holdings Inc. is postponing its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Kuo: iPhone 13 mass production will return to Apple's usual timeframe and will not face the delays that the iPhone 12 lineup faced  —  While the iPhone 12 lineup launched later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today forecasted that mass production …
The Guardian:
EU funded security research has distributed €1.15B and funded 714 projects but scrutiny and criticism appears to be sidelined in the quest for new tech  —  EU science funding is being spent on developing new tools for policing and security.  But who decides how far we need to submit to artificial intelligence?
Steven Burke / CRN:
Thoma Bravo says it is acquiring a majority stake in Venafi, a provider of machine identity management software, at a $1.15B valuation  —  “Thoma Bravo invests in category creators and leaders,” said Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson.  “That ($1.15 billion) valuation is a good valuation.

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