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Acer

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78 articles accelerating

Acer has appeared in 78 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Intel, Asus, Dell, Chromebook.

Articles
78
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.000
velocity change
Sources
32
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-07-27
Ars Technica 27 related

Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak

hundreds of devices from Dell, Supermicro and more all affected, here's what we know Adam Conway / XDA Developers : PKFail puts hundreds of computers and laptops at risk and renders Secure Boot useles...

2024-07-26
Ars Technica 17 related

Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak

Keys were labeled “DO NOT TRUST.”  Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.  —  In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware …

2023-03-08
SecurityWeek 8 related

Acer confirms that one of its document servers was breached, after a hacker listed for sale 160GB of alleged slides, staff manuals, binary files, and more

Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek :

2021-03-22
The Record 8 related

REvil ransomware gang says it had breached Acer, sharing leaked images of internal docs on the dark web, and is demanding $50M; Acer says it is investigating

2021-03-21
The Record 8 related

REvil ransomware gang says it had breached Acer, sharing leaked images of internal docs on the dark web, and is demanding $50M; Acer says it is investigating

Taiwanese computer maker Acer has suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang …

2021-03-20
The Record 6 related

REvil ransomware gang says it had breached Acer, sharing leaked images of internal docs on the dark web, and is demanding $50M; Acer says it is investigating

Taiwanese computer maker Acer has suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang …

2016-06-19
ZDNet 9 related

Acer alerts 34,500 customers of its online store between May 2015 and April 2016 that hackers have stolen their credit card data

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :

2016-06-18
ZDNet 11 related

Acer alerts 34,500 customers of its online store between May 2015 and April 2016 that hackers have stolen their credit card data

It's not known how many online store users are affected.  —  Acer has quietly informed the California attorney general that its online store was attacked by hackers.

2016-06-01
The Duo Security Bulletin 11 related

Analysis shows Lenovo, Acer, HP, Dell, and Asus are shipping laptops with bloatware that's known to be insecure

The Duo Security Bulletin :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 85 Techmeme articles mentioning Acer, dating back to January 2015. The biggest stories include Google announces Chromebooks for gaming: the $650 16" Acer Chromebook 516 GE, the $599... and Google partners with Acer, HP, and Intel to bring Fast Pair to select Windows PCs later.... Frequently covered alongside Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Chromebook, and Chromebooks.

Key Moments

2025Q3consumer -33pts; research +33pts; competition +100pts
2026Q1research -50pts; competition -100pts

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