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Industry News: ESG5

    Cyber-Attack to Cost Outsourcing Firm Capita up to £20m

    2023-05-10

    The Guardian: The outsourcing firm and government contractor Capita has revealed it will take a hit of up to £20m from a recent cyber-attack in which some customer, supplier and staff data was accessed by hackers.

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    Fighting Hackers a Potential Growth Industry for ETFs

    2023-05-09

    Investment Executive: With economic activity increasingly taking place online, cyberattacks are an ever-present threat. That’s why cybersecurity companies — often referred to as the utilities segment of the digital world — continue to grow rapidly even in a sluggish economy.

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    2023 Hedge Fund Survey Shows Rising Costs and High Staff Turnover are Forcing Hedge Funds to Rethink Their Approach to IT Management

    2023-05-09

    Yahoo Finance: Agio, a leading managed IT and cybersecurity provider for financial services firms, published its annual 2023 Hedge Fund Managed IT Trends Report. 

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    The Layers Of Cybersecurity: Is Your Company Covered?

    2023-05-09

    Forbes: Cybersecurity is not one thing but a layering of security tools and processes to protect your data. The two most common layers people think of are the firewall and antivirus solutions.

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    Who’s Acquiring Who? Cybersecurity-Related Private Equity Deal Activity in the Technology Industry Decreased by 47% in Q1 2023

    2023-05-08

    Verdict: Analysis of the key themes driving private equity deal activity reveals that cybersecurity accounted for 18 technology deals announced in Q1 2023, worth a total value of $2.1 billion.

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    ChatGPT and the New AI Are Wreaking Havoc on Cybersecurity in Exciting and Frightening Ways

    2023-05-07

    ZDNet: Generative artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, aiding both attackers and defenders. Cybercriminals are harnessing AI to launch sophisticated and novel attacks at large scale.

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    Cybersecurity Still Finding Its Place In New AI Era

    2023-05-03

    Crunchbase: It is difficult nowadays to talk to investors in any tech sector without AI coming up in the conversation — and that is certainly true in cybersecurity.

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    4 Ways Leaders Should Reevaluate Their Cybersecurity's Focus

    2023-05-02

    Forbes: Despite business leaders' growing awareness of cybercrime—and the rapid adaptations offered by new cybersecurity architectures—criminals continue to successfully exploit weaknesses created by these evolving business infrastructures. 

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    Singapore, US Run Cross-Border Cybersecurity Drills To Test Banks' Resilience

    2023-05-02

    ZDNet: Singapore and the U.S. have conducted drills to assess how well banks operating in their respective markets respond to cybersecurity threats. 

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    FBI Seizes 9 Crypto Exchanges Used To Launder Ransomware Payments

    2023-05-02

    Bleeping Computer: The FBI and Ukrainian police have seized nine cryptocurrency exchange websites that facilitated money laundering for scammers and cybercriminals, including ransomware actors.

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