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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Sources: state-backed Russian hacking group APT29, or Cozy Bear, is behind the hacks of US Treasury, NTIA, and FireEye — The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a global espionage campaign that also compromised the Treasury and Commerce departments …
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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Treasury's hackers used a flaw in a SolarWinds product; SolarWinds, which touts 300K+ customers, says the flaw was the result of a “supply chain attack” — Russia's foreign intelligence service is suspected of being behind the hacks — WASHINGTON—Multiple federal …
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| Christopher Bing / Reuters: |
Sources: state sponsored hackers monitored internal emails at US Treasury and broke into National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Office 365 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sophisticated hacking group backed by a foreign government stole information from the U.S. Treasury Department … | Ben Smith / New York Times: |
Sources: Apple TV+ was making Scraper, a show about Gawker Media, with several episodes written, then Tim Cook sent an email about it and the project was killed — Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.
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Sources: Facebook fears cracking down on Hindu extremist groups in India because of the likelihood that it could lead to violence toward its staff — Social media giant's security team cites possible attacks if extremist Hindu groups are kicked off platform
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Reddit announces it has acquired short-form video app and TikTok rival Dubsmash — Reddit is where passionate communities come together for authentic exchanges about the topics that matter to them. Video is increasingly core to how people want to connect, and as we continue to grow our community …
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| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Source: EA has ignited a bidding war for Codemasters, topping Take-Two Interactive's £725M offer that was agreed upon last month for the British game developer — The $40bn US-based games giant EA has ignited a bidding war for Britain's Codemasters, Sky News understands. — Created with Sketch.
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Financial Times, Game Rant, Wccftech, GameSpot, Neowin, GamingBolt, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, and PC Gamer
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Nēsos, which is developing a noninvasive, drug-free method to treat rheumatoid arthritis using a wearable earbud, comes out of stealth with $16.5M in funding — Nēsos launched out of stealth Thursday and is poised to commercialize a new method for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.| GlobeNewswire: |
Vista Equity Partners announces it is acquiring Utah-based IT training and workforce development company Pluralsight for $3.5B — Vista to acquire all outstanding shares of Pluralsight for $20.26 per share in cash — Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology workforce development company …
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Modal, which provides ecommerce services for automotive dealers and brands, raises $15M Series A led by American Honda, bringing its total raised to ~$20M — Buying a car can be a daunting experience, but Modal is out to make the process easier and in a way that can be accomplished from the comfort of your couch.
Tweets: @crunchbasenews
| Benjamin Powers / CoinDesk: |
How US FinCEN became a honeypot for sensitive personal data, a situation made worse by the banking industry's defensive filing of suspicious activity reports — If a despotic government's bank transactions can be leaked, so can yours. — That's perhaps the most overlooked yet unsettling implication … | 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 …
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AppleInsider, Channel NewsAsia, South China Morning Post, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Wall Street Journal, ThePrint, The Hindu, The Hindu, Business Insider, The Economic Times, Times of India, Times of India, Livemint, Somag News, NDTV.com, Swarajyamag, The Verge, NEWKERALA.COM, TechSpot, News18, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The New Indian Express, Deccan Herald, Business Standard, cnbctv18.com, Livemint, NDTV Gadgets 360, Moneycontrol, India Today, The Week, Patently Apple, Apple Terminal, iMore, and Appleosophy
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