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Sony Confirms Intent to Buy FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa
For several weeks, rumors circulated in the video game industry about Sony’s potential acquisition of Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware. While these rumors originated from reliable sources, Sony remained silent. Today, Sony officially confirmed their intention to buy Kadokawa. According to a recent issue of Weekly Bunshun on Yahoo! Japan, a Sony representative spoke on this specific matter. In…
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WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules
WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its plugins. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín found merit in WP Engine’s claims that Automattic’s actions harmed business relationships, saying Mullenweg’s “conduct is designed to induce breach or disruption.”…
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Travel tech company Sabre notifies 30K people about data breach that compromised SSNs
Software maker Sabre yesterday confirmed it notified 29,590 people about a July 2022 data breach that compromised the following personal information: Names Social Security numbers Dates of birth Employment info Financial account numbers ID cards such as passports and driver’s licenses Signatures Ransomware gang Dunghill Leak claimed responsibility for the July 2022 attack, but Sabre didn’t discover the breach until…
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Snap says New Mexico intentionally friended alleged child predators, then blamed the company
Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards — the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG’s case is based on “gross misrepresentations” and cherry picks from Snap’s internal documents. In a…
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Minnesota bus company notifies 4K people of data breach claimed by LockBit ransomware gang
Bus transportation company Schmitty and Sons yesterday confirmed it notified 3,985 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised private personal information. Ransomware group LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack on May 21, 2024 and posted images of the allegedly stolen data. Schmitty and Sons has not verified LockBit’s claim. Schmitty and Sons has not publicly disclosed what data…
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The National Public Data breach exposed nearly three billion users – now the company has filed for bankruptcy
Data broker National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, claiming it cannot sustain the mounting financial and reputational damage associated with a major data breach it suffered in December 2023. The background-checking service filed for bankruptcy in Florida under its parent company Jerico Pictures Inc, and explicitly cited the 2023 data breach as a direct contributor to its downfall. NPD…
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The Browser Company is building another browser, and it’s not called Arc.
Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building a browser that it thinks can make your internet life a little more organized, a little more useful, and maybe even a little more delightful. It has new ideas about tabs, and what your browser can do on your behalf. I’ve heard this story before! But the browser that…
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Dental company Henry Schein raises number of data breach victims from 29K to 166K
Dental product distributor Henry Schein this week raised the number of victims whose private information was compromised in 2023 data breaches from 29,112 to 166,432. Henry Schein suffered two cyberattacks in September and October 2023 claimed by ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat. The gang claimed responsibility for those attacks in November and December 2023, respectively, and threatened a third attack as well.…
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This software company says ditching the cloud was worth $10 million in savings — and there’s still more to come
Ditching the cloud for its own hardware has saved 37 Signals two million dollars annually, according to the company’s CTO — and the savings are continuing to grow. David Heinemeier Hansson said the company had successfully slashed its cloud bill from $3.2 million a year to $1.3 million, well above its original savings prediction, while at the same time recouping…
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IT company ATSG Inc notifies 900K+ people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Enterprise networking provider ATSG this week confirmed it notified 909,469 people about a September 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers. The breach was previously reported in part by Boston Children’s Health Physicians, a client of ATSG. Ransomware gang BianLian claimed responsibility for the breach, which claimed to steal finance…
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