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Cybersecurity Investor Merlin Ventures Raises Over $75 Million Debut Fund

By Kim S. Nash

 

Hello. Merlin Ventures, a Tel Aviv-based investor in early-stage startups, on Wednesday announced the launch of an over-$75 million venture-capital fund targeting nascent ventures in Israel’s thriving cybersecurity market.

The goal is to identify and support promising Israeli cybersecurity startups and begin preparing them for public-sector work in the U.S. at the earliest stages of development. Read our full story.

More news: 

  • Hackers hit Cartier, North Face, Victoria's Secret 
  • CrowdStrike swung to a quarterly loss
  • Data-breach suits extract high costs
  • 🎧 The everyday American who hustled for North Korea
 

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A string of recent cyberattacks has hit big retailers, scooping up customer data and disrupting online sales. North Face and Cartier have told customers that their names and email addresses had been stolen. Another cyber intrusion prompted Victoria’s Secret to shut down its website for three days and postpone its earnings report planned for this week. (WSJ)

CrowdStrike said it swung to a loss in the fiscal first quarter and posted a lower-than-expected outlook, as the costs of its outage last summer continue to weigh on results. The company said Tuesday its revenue is still being hurt by an incentive program it launched last year to try to retain customers after a widespread software outage in July. (WSJ)

  • Chief Financial Officer Burt Podbere said the incentive program had an $11 million effect on revenue in the first quarter. He expects the effect to be $10 million to $15 million in each remaining quarter this fiscal year.

Data-breach litigation continues to extract costs long after hackers are ejected. Pembroke, N.C.-based Robeson Health Care agreed to pay $750,000 to patients and others whose personal and medical data was exposed in a 2023 hack. More than 62,000 people were affected. 

  • Lewis & Clark College, a small liberal-arts school in Portland, Ore., will pay $500,000 to students, staff and others after a 2023 cyberattack. Data at risk includes name, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license or state identification, passport, financial account information, medical information and health insurance information.
 
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🎧 The Everyday American Who Hustled for North Korea

Christina Chapman presented herself as just another influencer on TikTok. In reality, she ran a laptop farm that allowed North Koreans to take jobs as U.S. tech workers and scam more than 300 U.S. companies out of millions.

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About Us

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

 
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