Sources: Clinton campaign computer network hacked in addition to Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack …
Clinton campaign: DNC's data analytics program we used was breached; no evidence hackers accessed internal systems
Hillary for America Spokesman Nick Merrill released the following statement on news reports regarding cyber hacks targeted at the campaign: “An analytics data program maintained by the DNC …
Recent hacks indicate US election systems and voting machines could be targeted too; government must take urgent steps to secure them, and consider retaliation
Russia was behind the hacks into the Democratic National Committee's computer network that led to the release of thousands …
Instagram will soon let users filter comments on their posts, turn off comments on individual posts, or turn off comments on their posts entirely
Instagram is taking an unusual step to deal with the complicated ethics of online commenting. It's giving users the ability to make the choice …
British Spies Used a URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring Dissidents
A shadowy unit of the British intelligence agency GCHQ tried to influence online activists during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and the 2011 democratic uprisings largely known as the...
Navy officials say the US uses submarines to carry out cyberattacks
When Donald Trump effectively called for Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton's emails Wednesday, the GOP nominee's remarks touched off a (predictable) media firestorm. Here was a presidential candida...
Chinese consortium led by Giant to buy Playtika, a virtual goods social casino game company, for $4.4B
Niantic Labs' John Hanke will be delivering a fireside chat for AR/VR day (augmented reality/virtual reality) at GamesBeat 2016. Get a ticket here! — A consortium of Chinese companies led …
Samsung Galaxy Note 7, new Gear VR specs and pics leak; Note 7 will have iris scanner, 5.7-inch QHD display, 4GB of RAM, 12 MP f/1.7 camera, 3500 mAh battery
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google :
Deleted WhatsApp messages leave behind forensic artifacts that could be reconstructed by someone with access to your device or iCloud backups
Jonathan Zdziarski / Zdziarski's Blog of Things :
Sarah and Peiter “Mudge” Zatko create Cyber Independent Testing Lab to test and score the security of software
At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in 2014, industry luminary Dan Geer, fed up with the prevalence of vulnerabilities in digital code, made a modest proposal …
Verizon's goal with Yahoo and AOL: compete with Google and Facebook in digital advertising by sharing data on its wireless customers with advertisers
Verizon Communications' $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo has the technology cognoscenti scratching their heads.
IRS delivers a notice of deficiency for $3B-$5B to Facebook, claims Facebook undervalued assets transferred to Irish subsidiary in 2010
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Walgreens to shutter Drugstore.com and Beauty.com, which were a part of a $429M acquisition in 2011, to focus on its own website
Retailer also to shutter Beauty.com as part of a broader plan to cut costs — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. on Thursday said it is shutting down two websites …
Google has issued patches for 115 Android Stagefright-related flaws since vulnerability was made public a year ago
On July 27, 2015, news broke about Stagefright, a vulnerability in Android. A year later, it's clear that Stagefright has had a major impact on the mobile security world …
Big data integrator Talend closes up 41% in Nasdaq debut, raising $94.5M in an IPO
Tech Roundup Bernadette Tansey / Xconomy : Talend Raises $95M in IPO: A Boost For Others Waiting in the Wings? Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Talend closes at $25.50 after first day of trading, up 41% f...
Baidu suffers record profit drop after instituting new policies limiting ads on its pages following the death of a man who used treatment he found via Baidu
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Filing: Microsoft to layoff 2,850 staff from mobile and sales divisions as it completes Nokia cuts, which started in 2015
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Only two of 21 tech companies acquired in 2016 for $1B+ were venture-backed unicorns
There are buyers of tech companies doing deals of $1B+. They're just not interested in overvalued unicorns. … The unicorn list currently consists of 169 venture-backed unicorns valued at a collective...
Amazon reaches new high of 268,900 employees — skyrocketing 47% in just one year
The world of enterprise software … Alison Griswold / Quartz : Amazon's ability to turn a profit is no longer a cool trick Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Amazon Web Services posts $2.88 billion in revenu...
Cisco cybersecurity report: 9.5K ransomware victims pay ransoms each month, the average ransom is about $300, generating up to $34M a year for hackers
Jonathan Vanian / Fortune :
Source: private equity firms including KKR, Apollo Global Management, Carlyle Group contemplate buyout of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; deal would be worth $40B+
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information :
Sony posts $205M profit as downsized mobile business stops bleeding cash
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
US district court rules Facebook must refund in-app purchases made by minors in the US should they or their parents request it
Olivia Solon / Guardian :
Density raises $4M series A as it unveils new people-counter device and service
Mary Catherine O'Connor / IOT Journal :
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