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June 17, 2018, 8:20 PM

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researcher details SigSpoof, a recently patched critical flaw in PGP that allowed hackers to spoof digital email signatures, says the bug dates back to 1998  —  SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg.  —  For their entire existence, some of the world's …
Amir Efrati / The Information:
SF-based Skip, a scooter-rental startup formerly known as Waybots, is raising $25M Series A from Menlo Ventures, Accel Partners, and YC at a $100M valuation  —  Electric scooter startups are aggressively seeking to raise money, telling potential investors that restrictions cities have placed …
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Andrew Galbraith / Reuters:
Foxconn says it is establishing its North American headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after announcing plans to build a $10B LCD plant in the state last year  —  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn said it would establish its North American corporate headquarters in Milwaukee …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
17 backdoored Docker images, posted to Docker Hub over the past year and downloaded 5M+ times, removed; some were used to mine at least $90K worth of Monero  —  17 images posted by a single account over 10 months may have generated $90,000.  —  A single person or group may have made as much as $90,000 …
Shana Lebowitz / Business Insider:
Cleo, a parenting support app for working parents offered through employers, including Slack and Reddit, announces $10.5M Series A led by Greylock Partners  —  - Family and parenting app Cleo announced a $10.5 million investment from Greylock Partners.  — Cleo is offered through employers …
Muyao Shen / CoinDesk:
Block.one finally launches EOS blockchain, but many in the crypto community remain skeptical about project's centralization and its prospects  —  After a messy weeks-long process, CoinDesk broke the news yesterday that the EOS blockchain is officially live.  —  To some, it's already an event for the cryptocurrency history books.
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat:
Ohio-based Mezu, which enables P2P payments without sharing any personal info by employing one-time use codes, raises $10M Series A  —  For many peer-to-peer payment apps, the way to send money to other users is simple — enter the recipient's name or phone number and the amount of money and hit send.

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