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China's Cyberspace Administration orders app stores to remove Didi Chuxing app, citing serious violations in the collection and usage of personal information — - Internet watchdog asks operators to remove ride-hailing app — The surprise ban comes days after Didi's New York debut| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
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 …
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BleepingComputer, Gizmodo, ABC, Axios, The Block, Voice of America, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @fbi, @serghei, @randahabib, and @bad_packets
| 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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BleepingComputer, BBC, Security Affairs, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @gossithedog, @json_dirs, @clearing_fog, @janlemnitzer, @bgroothuis, @ciaranmartinoxf, and @campuscodi
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Esports 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 …
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Insider, Eurogamer.net, Engadget, thegamer.com, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @fazekay, @fazeclan, @defnoodles, and @jakesucky
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google removes nine Play Store apps, including PIP Photo with 5.8M+ downloads, after researchers found 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 …
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Dr.Web, Engadget, 9to5Google, Gizchina, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, Livemint, HackRead, HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, BGR, The Hacker News, Tech Times, and Slashdot
Tweets: @slightlylate, @elkmovie, @tehlike, @m0br3v, @pcampisi14, and @howtomen
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's changing attitudes towards decentralizing from Silicon Valley and work from home, as it plans operating in a post-pandemic world — This is the free version of Power On. If you like it, consider subscribing to Bloomberg.com — you'll receive this newsletter several hours earlier …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and Six Colors
Tweets: @alistairmbarr, @markgurman, and @darchmare
| Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World: |
How PetaBencana, a bot that uses social media posts to map emerging natural disasters in Indonesia in real time, is helping authorities respond more quickly — An Indonesian mapping platform is turning social media chatter into life-saving information during natural disasters. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA| Brad Stone / New York Times: |
How Jeff Bezos' wide-ranging ambitions for Amazon, a fear of stasis, and an absence of empathy factor in his monumental but complicated legacy at the company — Mr. Stone is the author of “Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of Global Empire” and a senior executive editor for global technology at Bloomberg News.
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Tech Xplore. Tweets: @nandokasteleijn, @nytopinion, @nytopinion, @markmilian, @nytopinion, @jeffreypfeffer, @ron_fournier, @nytopinion, @noamscheiber, and @bradstone
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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 — Rapyd, a multinational Fintech as a Service (FaaS) provider, has entered into a definitive agreement with Arion Banki (Arion Bank) …
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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 …
Tweets: @strictlyvc and @amir
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