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US Probes Hack Of Treasury, Commerce Department

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Reuters quoted a Commerce Department spokesman as having stated: "We have asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time.". Reuters quoted one unnamed government official as having said: "This is a much bigger story than one single agency.

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Gas Station Software Vulnerable To Hacking

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Homeland Security ’s cybersecurity agency has issued an advisory about a popular gas station software that has flaws, making it highly vulnerable to hacking. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave the Orpak SiteOmat software a vulnerability severity rating of 9.8

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Breach Exposes Millions Of Chinese Chat Logs

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Victor Gevers of cybersecurity organization GDI Foundation revealed that he discovered a database of 364 million records that included social media profiles and chat logs linked to names and identity card numbers.

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Bitcoin Daily: China’s Cosco Shipping Will Test Blockchain Tool; Tech Mahindra Rolls Out Blockchain System; Texas Orders S. African Co To Stop Selling Crypto Securities

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Tech Mahindra’s Blockchain and Cybersecurity Practice Leader Rajesh Dhuddu said per the outlet, “bCRMS is developed to usher in the next generation of digital rights management systems for the media and entertainment industry that orchestrate the entire media content life cycle workflows.”

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Symantec Potential Buyout Offer Boosts Shares

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cybersecurity software company. Symantec and Thoma Bravo did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has reportedly approached Symantec about acquiring the U.S. CNBC cited a source familiar with the matter.

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Amazon Reportedly Sent Customers Wrong Order Info

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The founder of a cybersecurity firm reported the issue after he received an email with another Amazon customer’s order information that also included the name and address of that user. A spokesperson for Amazon did not return a request for comment from the reporting outlet.

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Data Breaches Impact Unemployment Benefit Applicants In Four States

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Neither Protech nor Deloitte responded to NBC’s request for comment, but the states said Deloitte told them about the data leak as soon as it was discovered and said the error was fixed within an hour. “It