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REvil is pushing ransomware via an update for Kaseya's IT management software, hitting hundreds of managed service providers with thousands of customers — A massive REvil ransomware attack affects multiple managed service providers and their clients through a reported Kaseya supply-chain attack.
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| Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters: |
President Biden says he has directed US intelligence agencies to investigate the Kaseya ransomware attack and adds “we're not certain” who is behind the attack — President Joe Biden said on Saturday he has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate who was behind … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Coop, one of Sweden's largest supermarket chains, shuts down nearly all of its 800 stores after one of its contractors was hit in the Kaseya ransomware attack — Coop, one of Sweden's largest supermarket store chains, has shut down nearly 800 stores across the country after one of its contractors …
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E-sports collective FaZe Clan denies that it participated in the alleged pump-and-dump of Save the Kids coin, drops and suspends players who promoted the coin — FaZe Clan, one of the most popular esports organizations competing across multiple games, came under fire lately for allegations … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google removes nine Play Store apps, including PIP Photo with 5.8M+ downloads, after researchers find the apps were stealing users' Facebook login credentials — Researchers uncovered 9 apps that used a sneaking method to pilfer credentials. — Google has given the boot to nine Android apps downloaded …
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Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, releases an album of lo-fi beats, letting gamers stream their sessions with music without fear of DMCA copyright strikes — Vi from League of Legends stars in an animated video about relaxing — Riot Games' latest music project is an album of chill lo-fi beats for players to relax/game to.| The Information: |
Sources: Mercury, which offers banking services to other startups, raises $100M+ Series B at a valuation of $1.6B; Mercury was last valued at $100M in 2019 — Coatue Management has led a Series B investment in Mercury, a banking service for other startups, at a valuation of about $1.6 billion including … | Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Q&A with Daniel Rausch, VP of Entertainment Devices & Services at Amazon, about bringing Fire TV to cars, Amazon's game streaming service, and more — Amazon has sold millions of Fire TV sticks across the globe, and struck up partnerships with a number of TV manufacturers to embed … | FinSMEs: |
Arizona-based Trainual, a SaaS provider for small businesses to onboard, train, and scale their teams, raises $27M Series B led by Altos Ventures — Trainual, a Scottsdale, Ariz. - based SaaS platform for businesses to onboard, train and scale their teams, closed a $27M Series B funding.| Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider: |
Rapyd, a “fintech-as-a-service” provider, to acquire Iceland-based Valitor, which develops in-store and online payments technologies, for $100M — - Twitter- Facebook- LinkedIn- Pinterest- Reddit- HackerNews- Telegram- Weibo- Email- Print- Subscribe
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Sweden-based Hiber, a no-code service that lets users create games using mobile phones, raises $15M Series A led by EQT Ventures, bringing total raised to ~$20M — Hiber has raised $15 million for its platform for publishing user-generated games on the web. — What does this mean?| The Information: |
Filing: Talkdesk, a developer of cloud-based customer service software, raises up to $210M Series D at a $10B valuation; it was last valued at $3B+ in July 2020 — Talkdesk, a developer of cloud-based software to manage call centers and other customer service, has indicated it is raising …
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