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Industry News: ESG5

    NortonLifeLock Is in Talks to Buy Avast, WSJ Reports

    2021-07-14

    BNN Bloomberg: NortonLifeLock Inc. is in talks to buy European cybersecurity firm Avast Plc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

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    Ransomware Gang REvil Vanishes from Dark Web After Biden Warning

    2021-07-13

    BNN Bloomberg: The Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil has seemingly vanished from the dark web, where it maintains several pages documenting its activities including one called the “happy blog.”

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    Russian Hackers Mounted Cyber Attack on German Banks, Bild Says

    2021-06-30

    BNN Bloomberg: A hacker group linked to the Russian state known as “Fancy Bear” conducted a cyber attack on critical German infrastructure and the country’s banking system in the past few days, Bild newspaper reported, citing unidentified Western intelligence sources.

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    UK and Singapore Mark a New Era of Financial Services Cooperation

    2021-06-30

    Yahoo Finance: The UK and Singapore announced the launch of a new Financial Partnership at the sixth UK-Singapore Financial Dialogue that was held virtually today. The Dialogue was chaired by Director General (Financial Services) of HM Treasury (HMT), Ms Katharine Braddick, and Deputy Managing Director (Markets and Development) of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Mr Leong Sing Chiong. 

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    Paying Up Won't Stop You from Getting Hit Again, Says Cybersecurity Chief

    2021-06-29

    ZDNet: Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has been praised for its response after falling victim to a major ransomware attack and for not giving into cyber criminals and paying a ransom.

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    Commission Plans EU Cyber Unit to Tackle Online Crime

    2021-06-23

    O Canada: The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to pool resources and expertise from the EU’s 27 countries for a joint cyber unit to fight online criminals amid a spate of high profile hacks in Europe and worldwide.

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    August Equity Invests in Cyber Security Specialist Integrity360

    2021-06-21

    Private Equity Wire: In addition to the investment funding, Integrity360 founder and CEO Eoin Goulding is partnering with Ian Brown, who joins the company as Executive Chairman, with Goulding taking on the new role of President. Brown, an established entrepreneur and industry veteran has been running technology businesses for over 25 years, including most recently SecureData, the leading UK cyber security services business acquired by Orange in 2019. 

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    UK's Gateley Says Cyberattack Affects Small Portion of Its Data

    2021-06-16

    US News: Legal and professional services group Gateley reported a cyber security breach from a known external source on Wednesday, adding it was confident that the incident was limited to a small portion of its data.

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    Cybersecurity Firm Exposes Breach Database Containing 5 Billion User Records

    2021-06-15

    Security Week: An investigation revealed that the database stored information that had been compromised in data breaches suffered by various companies over the past years. The database has been used by security analytics firm Cognyte to alert customers when their information is exposed as a result of a data breach suffered by a third party.

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    Drawbridge Launches New Module for Private Equity Funds

    2021-06-09

    Private Equity Wire: The new module gives PE funds a single view to monitor the complete cyber risk profiles of their portfolio companies in real-time. The first offering of its kind in the industry, the module was developed in partnership with Drawbridge clients who have been confronted with a dramatic rise in cyber-attacks on their portfolio companies in terms of both size and frequency.   

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