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China-Linked Hack Hits Tens of Thousands of U.S. Microsoft Customers

A cyberattack on Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT -2.43% Exchange email software is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government offices and schools in the U.S., according to people briefed on the matter. Many of those victims of the attack, which Microsoft has said was carried out by a network of suspected Chinese hackers, appear to be small businesses […]

Who Is Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO?

Andy Jassy, the Amazon. AMZN +0.41% com Inc. leader who is set to take over as chief executive from founder Jeff Bezos later this year, is a longtime acolyte of his boss who helped come up with the tech giant’s most profitable idea: cloud-computing. Since Amazon Web Services launched in 2006, Mr. Jassy, 53, has been its chief architect and evangelist, […]

Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S. government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that U.S. lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency. Two people briefed on the […]

Google is buying a company for half a billion dollars to boost cloud security

Google’s $500 million acquisition of Israel-based startup Siemplify is supposed to help the company bolster its own cloud security initiative, Chronicle, according to a report from Reuters. In a blog post announcing the deal, Google describes Siemplify as a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) organization and plans to integrate its capabilities into Chronicle.“SIEMPLIFY ALLOWS SECURITY OPERATION CENTER ANALYSTS […]

Top Universities Took Billions in Unreported Foreign Funds, U.S. Finds

Cornell University initially failed to report to U.S. authorities more than $1.2 billion in foreign funds it has received in recent years, including $760 million related to its campus in Qatar and about $1 million in contracts from Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co., the U.S. Education Department indicated in its latest report on schools […]