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Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant discount from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the startup in 2018. Read more at @Techcrunch. #BlackBerry #Cylance #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/82oI4A

Byte Federal, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the U.S., said the personal data of thousands of customers may have been compromised during a recent breach. Read it at @Techcrunch. #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrecny #ByteFederal #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/SJwPjkz

A federal appeals court upheld a law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the popular app or face a U.S. ban. Read it at @TheHill. #TikTok #ByteDance #SocialMedia #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/LyB-sg

As telecoms scramble to oust Chinese hackers, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel says a yearly cyberdefense plan should be mandatory. Read more at @TechRadar. #Hack #Telecoms #FCC #Cybersecurity #SaltTyphoon #China #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/Zi2vUW

The FBI is warning Americans to use encrypted messaging apps as a result of the "Salt Typhoon" hack, which one U.S. Senator called “the worst [in] our nation’s history.” Read more at @Gizmodo. #SaltTyphoon #Hack #Cybersecurity #Signal #FBI #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/xdDXo_

Security researchers at last week’s Cyberwarcon conference offered their most up-to-date assessment of the threat from North Korea: Hackers have stolen billions in crypto by posing as venture capitalists, recruiters and IT workers. @Techcrunch has more: https://flip.it/SREtC3
#Tech #CyberSecurity #Hacking #NorthKorea #Crypto

Malicious hackers have compromised potentially thousands of organizations by exploiting two new zero-day vulnerabilities found in widely used software made by cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks. Read more at @Techcrunch. #Cybersecurity #ZeroDay #Hack #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/sF9vJ0

Was China behind a recent hack of T-Mobile? The telecommunications company was targeted in a broader cyberattack over the past several months, the Wall Street Journal reported. And this week the FBI and U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA warned the wider industry of linked cyberattacks and accused China of conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign.” @Techcrunch has more: https://flip.it/v3hJov
#Tech #CyberSecurity #TMobile #Hacking #Technology #China

The AI chatbot platform Character.AI issued a new "roadmap" yesterday promising a safer user experience — particularly for its younger users — following mounting revelations over troubling holes in the multibillion-dollar AI startup's safety guardrails and content moderation enforcement. Read more at @Futurism. #AI #CharacterAI #Cybersecurity #OnlineSafety #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/6IEE9B

20 years ago, Mozilla got off to a hot start when it shipped version 1.0 of its Firefox browser. Firefox went on to gain over 30% of the global market share — until Chrome came along. Can Mozilla restore its former glory? @Techcrunch sits down with interim CEO Laura Chambers to talk about the company getting back to growth and more: https://flip.it/1VC-Ix
#Tech #Mozilla #Firefox #Chrome #Web #Internet

A data-hoovering website is making it easier than ever to not only find out a person's party affiliation and whether or not they voted, but even to find their address. Read more at @Futurism. #2024Election #DataPrivacy #Voting #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/vWCvoC

A British consumer group found that three air fryers it tested all wanted to "record audio on the user's phone, for no specified reason". Read it at @TechRadar. #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #China #Tech Technology https://flip.it/t_rVnj