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PHOTO: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES
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Kitchenware retailer Sur La Table agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit over a 2023 cyber incident that breached the personal data of 40,646 then-current and former employees. Class members must submit a claim by July 7 and could receive up to $4,000 if they can show losses reasonably traced to the incident.
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$1 billion deal: Cyber and compliance company Proofpoint said it plans to buy Hornetsecurity Group, a Hanover, Germany-based supplier of cyber products to Microsoft customers. The deal exceeds $1 billion and is Proofpoint's largest acquisition, a spokeswoman said. The transaction is due to close in the second half of 2025.
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Scammers are mimicking current and former federal and state officials with AI-enabled voice messages to try to access government accounts, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday. (Reuters)
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Trump’s memecoin dinner to draw crypto high rollers. One attendee planning to attend the VIP reception on May 22 is a cybersecurity specialist known by the pseudonym “Ogle,” who is an adviser to World Liberty Financial. Ogle, who gives video interviews with a bandanna and sunglasses covering his face, says he hides his identity to protect himself from cybercriminals. (WSJ)
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Weekend reading: Threat researchers from Intel 471 have done a deep dive on the life of Andrei Tarasov, an accused Russian hacker wanted by the FBI for disseminating Angler malware. The man's escapades through Europe and subsequent arrests make good reading. (SecurityWeek)
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“This should serve as a wake-up call for any business: your people, and the people working adjacent to your people, are the new perimeter.”
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— Eran Barak, CEO of data loss prevention firm MIND, on the Coinbase hack
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