Hello. Phil Venables, a longtime cyber and risk executive most recently leading security at Google Cloud, joined Ballistic Ventures. 

With a three-decade career, Venables is among the most well-respected security leaders out there. His move to venture capital continues a trend of senior cybersecurity figures leaving corporate and government roles for investor jobs.

Read our exclusive story from my colleague, James Rundle.

Also today: 

• Municipal breaches bruise residents' privacy
• Global CISOs urge G7 countries to harmonize cyber rules
• Dialysis chain DaVita still grappling with hack-related outages
• Cynomi and Push Security disclose funding rounds
• And more

• Identity-management company Push Security raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures. Google Ventures led a $15 million Series A round in 2023. 
• Also locking in a Series B round is five-year-old startup Cynomi, which raised $37 million led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital. Cynomi, which focuses on helping secure small and medium-sized businesses, previously raised $23 million. (TechCrunch)

• Baltimore City Public Schools said Thursday that a February hack compromised information about 31,000 students, current and former employees, volunteers and contractors. (Baltimore Sun)

Kidney dialysis chain DaVita continues to grapple with outages after a ransomware attack early this month. The Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility and on Thursday published data that it claims was stolen from DaVita, which runs more than 2,600 dialysis centers in the U.S. The company is investigating the claims, and checking for other potential data breaches, a spokeswoman said. (Bleeping Computer)

• While some internal operations have been disrupted, patient care continues, DaVita said in a statement on its website. For example, the portal that care providers use to refer patients is down, so the company advised them to fax records. 
• Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, Mandiant and CYPFER are working with DaVita to investigate and restore systems. DaVita hasn't provided a timeline for recovery.

CISOs at major global companies are urging the Group of Seven countries and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to harmonize cybersecurity regulations. They also want to see smoother and faster information sharing about cyber threats and incidents, the CISOs said in a letter signed by cyber leaders at 43 companies. (Cybersecurity Dive)

• They include Andrea Smith Abell at Eli Lilly, Chris Betz at Amazon Web Services, Frank Fischer at DHL Group, Scott Brown at Rio Tinto and Sandro Bucchianeri at National Australia Bank, among others. 
• The divergence of rules across countries and industries "creates difficulty in implementing consistent security measures across different jurisdictions, complexity to time-sensitive incident response activities, potential negative impact on reporting due to conflicting requirements," the letter said. 

• As financial stress mounts, chains like Dollar Tree and Academy that cater to the budget-conscious are seeing more of a new class of shoppers.
• Businesses must prepare for the AI-driven rise of a relentless, always-on economy.
• Private-equity firms see opportunity in advertising—a sector they once considered too unreliable.

The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Editor Kim S. Nash (on X @knash99) and reporters Angus Loten, James Rundle and Catherine Stupp (@catstupp). Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.