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Industry News: ESG5

    Chief Financial Officers Ignoring Cyber Risk Worth Millions of Dollars According to Kroll Report

    2022-09-13

    Business Wire: Kroll, the leading independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, announced its report Cyber Risk and CFOs: Over-Confidence is Costly which found chief financial officers (CFOs) to be woefully in the dark regarding cyber security, despite confidence in their company’s ability to respond to an incident.

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    Darktrace's Share Value Plummets as Thoma Bravo Buyout Falls Through

    2022-09-08

    Info Security: In a statement to the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Darktrace said "discussions with Thoma Bravo have terminated,” putting an end to the £6bn ($6.9m) deal that could have been one of the most significant M&A of 2022.

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    Drawbridge Secures Strategic Growth Investment from Francisco Partners

    2022-09-07

    Private Equity Wire: Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the financial services industry, has secured a strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses.

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    A Hacker Says They Breached TikTok and Accessed Personal Data, Including PayPal Information, from More Than 1 Billion Users. TikTok Says a Breach Never Happened.

    2022-09-06

    Yahoo Finance: The hacker, who goes by the name AgainstTheWest, says they gained access to the personal information of more than 1 billion TikTok users, including users' PayPal information.

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    World Heading Towards a ‘Perfect’ Cybercrime Storm, Cybersecurity Experts Warn

    2022-09-06

    City A.M: NCC chief executive Mike Maddison said the digitisation agenda on the back of the global pandemic has created new opportunities for hackers in opening up new ways to infiltrate and take advantage of companies.

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    This Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk Could Create an Ocean of Trouble for Us All

    2022-09-06

    ZDNet: One of the key components of global trade is also one of the most vulnerable to cybersecurity threats – and if such an attack was successful, it would cause huge disruption with knock-on effects for people around the world.

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    Cybersecurity Ranked Most Serious Enterprise Risk in 2022

    2022-08-31

    Security Magazine: Uncertainty has become a business standard in 2022, with enterprise leaders feeling cautiously optimistic about their ability to navigate future economic, social and geopolitical uncertainty.

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    Remote Work Drives Cybersecurity Changes at Nervous Companies

    2022-08-30

    Commercial Observer: We’ve all done it. You leave your computer with a stranger’s promise to “keep an eye on it” in a café. Your kid messes around on your laptop in your home office. You scroll through Facebook during a tedious Zoom meeting. What’s the harm?

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    Crypto Exchange Coinbase Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Lapses in Security

    2022-08-23

    CoinDesk: Coinbase (COIN) failed to properly secure customers' accounts, leaving them vulnerable to theft and unauthorized transfers, a putative class action lawsuit filed against the crypto exchange last week alleges.

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    Hackers Are Finding Ways Around Multi-factor Authentication. Here's What to Watch for

    2022-08-16

    ZDNet: It's often said that the most important things you can do protect your accounts and wider network from hackers is to use multi-factor authentication (MFA). 

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