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    China Behind Another Hack As U.S. Cybersecurity Issues Mount

    2021-04-21

    NBC News: China is behind a newly discovered series of hacks against key targets in the U.S. government, private companies and the country’s critical infrastructure, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said.

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    Court Approves Data Breach Settlements with BMO, CIBC

    2021-04-21

    Investment Executive: An Ontario court has approved proposed class action settlements with Bank of Montreal (BMO) and CIBC over cybersecurity breaches involving thousands of clients.

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    US Takes New Aim At Ransomware After Most Costly Year

    2021-04-21

    Yahoo Finance: The Justice Department is taking new aim at ransomware after a year that officials say was the most costly on record for the crippling cyberattacks.

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    REvil Gang Tries to Extort Apple, Threatens to Sell Stolen Blueprints

    2021-04-20

    Bleeping Computer: The REvil ransomware gang asked Apple to "buy back" stolen product blueprints to avoid having them leaked on REvil's leak site before today's Apple Spring Loaded event.

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    Cybersecurity Spending Has Risen Over the Last Year to $2.6m Per US Firm

    2021-04-21

    Security Magazine: Hiscox reveals that U.S. businesses’ cybersecurity spending is on the rise and they are leaders in cyber expertise, but still have more work to do when it comes to ransomware and phishing emails. 

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    SolarWinds: US and UK Blame Russian Intelligence Service Hackers for Major Cyberattack

    2021-04-15

    ZDNet: Hackers working for the Russian foreign intelligence service are behind the SolarWinds attack, cyber-espionage campaigns targeting COVID-19 research facilities and more, according to the United States and the United Kingdom.

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    DFS SuperIntendent Lacewell Announces Cybersecurity Settlement with Licensed Insurance Company

    2021-04-14

    DFS: Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell announced today that National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”) will pay a $3 million penalty to New York State for violations of DFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation that caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive, non-public, personal data belonging to its customers, including thousands of New York consumers. 

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    Crosspoint Capital Partners Raises USD1.3bn for Debut Private Equity Fund Focused on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Infrastructure Software

    2021-04-13

    Private Equity Wire: Fund I closed at USD1.3 billion, exceeding its target of USD1 billion and making it one of the largest first-time, technology-focused private equity funds ever raised. Managing Partners of the firm include Greg Clark, Ian Loring, Steve Luczo, Matt MacKenzie and Hugh Thompson.  

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    Biden Names 2 Ex-NSA Officials for Senior Cyber Positions

    2021-04-12

    Yahoo Finance: Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security.

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    KKR-backed Cybersecurity Firm KnowBe4 Aims for $3 Billion Valuation in U.S. IPO

    2021-04-12

    Reuters: Cybersecurity company KnowBe4 Inc, backed by private-equity firm KKR & Co and funds affiliated with Goldman Sachs, said it was aiming for a valuation of up to $3 billion in its initial public offering in the United States.

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