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Of the 67 phones Amnesty's Security Lab probed, 34 were iPhones, of which 23 showed signs of a successful Pegasus infection and the others showed attempts — The text delivered last month to the iPhone 11 of Claude Mangin, the French wife of a political activist jailed in Morocco, made no sound.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Amnesty International researchers published a toolkit to help anyone scan their iPhone and Android devices for evidence of compromise by NSO's Pegasus spyware — Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico …
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Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid NSO news, saying the industry should not exist and “they don't make vaccines—the only thing they sell is the virus” — NSA whistleblower warns of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers if no action taken
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| Washington Post: |
Phones of 22 Indian people, who were on a list of hundreds, were checked and 7 had been infected with NSO malware; the list included top opposition politicians — NEW DELHI — A powerful surveillance tool licensed only to governments was used to infiltrate mobile phones belonging … | Nina Lakhani / The Guardian: |
About 15,000 Mexicans, including politicians, reporters, and activists, as well as 50 people close to Mexico's president appear in leak as potential NSO targets — Numbers of 15,000 Mexicans including politicians, journalists, judges, activists and teachers appear in leak
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
US, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO blame China for cyberattacks, including the massive attack on Microsoft's Exchange Servers in March — The U.S., NATO and other allies are collectively calling out China for malicious cyberattacks, including a March attack that exploited a flaw in Microsoft's Exchange Server.| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DOJ unseals charges against four Chinese nationals, believed to be part of China-backed APT 40 hacking group; charging docs focus on activity from 2011 to 2018 — The US Department of Justice has indicted four Chinese nationals today for hacking companies, government agencies …
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Forbes: |
Andreessen Horowitz hires former Intel CEO Bob Swan as Growth Operating Partner; Bob Swan stepped down from Intel in February — On Monday, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced that Bob Swan, former CEO of semiconductor giant Intel Corp., would join the firm as an operating partner for its early-stage growth fund.| Muvija M / Reuters: |
Tencent to buy British video game developer Sumo Digital for $1.27B, a 43% premium on Sumo's Friday closing price — Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) will buy video game company Sumo Group (SUMO.L) in a deal that values the British firm at 919 million pounds ($1.27 billion), the companies said on Monday.
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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Filing: Robinhood is looking to raise as much as $2.3B in its IPO and sets a range of $38-$42 per share at a valuation as high as $35B — This is a developing story. Check back for updates. — Robinhood is seeking a market valuation of as much as $35 billion in its upcoming initial public offering …
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| Guy Rosen / About Facebook: |
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
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| Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
1TB of data belonging to Saudi Aramco is for sale on the dark web, with some files dating back to 1993; the company blames the leak on 3rd-party contractors — Attackers have stolen 1 TB of proprietary data belonging to Saudi Aramco and are offering it for sale on the darknet.| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
GlobalFoundries says it will spend ~$1B on expanding its largest chip fab, which is in Malta, NY, and create a new fab in Malta via a private-public partnership — Today at a private GlobalFoundies event, CEO Tom Caulfield accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, announced that the company is set on expansion.
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