Summary: Genetic, medical, and lifestyle data from all 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers was listed for sale on Alibaba after three Chinese research institutions with legitimate access violated their data-sharing agreements. The data was de-identified but …
TCV led the Series B one year ago and now doubles down on the Series C. Insight Partners also returns. The thesis: AI coding agents are generating software so fast and at such volume that human code review is no longer sufficient, and enterprise artifa…
The breach exposed names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details. No passwords or identity documents were accessed. The Dutch Data Protection Authority has been notified. Basic-Fit operates over 1,300 clubs …
Data quality has always been an afterthought. Teams spend months instrumenting a feature, building pipelines, and standing up dashboards, and only when a stakeholder flags a suspicious number does anyone ask whether the underlying data is actually corr…
In short: Paladin EnviroTech has acquired ICT, Ireland’s first R2v3-certified ITAD provider, completing a $70 million, nine-month acquisition spree that now spans the U.S., Netherlands, and Ireland, positioning the company to handle the growing wave of…
In short: Australian AI data centre company Firmus has raised $505m at a $5.5bn valuation in what it says is its final pre-IPO round, and is now targeting a $2bn listing on the ASX in June or July, backed by a $10bn Blackstone-led debt facility secured…
In short: Meta has suspended its collaboration with Mercor, a $10 billion AI data startup, after a supply chain attack exposed what may be the AI industry’s most closely guarded secrets: not just personal data, but the training methodologies that power…
WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually government spyware. The fake application was built by SIO, an Italian surveillance te…
Somewhere in Hasbro’s network, someone was where they should not have been. The $14.4 billion toy and entertainment conglomerate, owner of Peppa Pig, Transformers, Monopoly, Dungeons & Dragons, Nerf, Play-Doh, and Power Rangers ,disclosed on Wednes…
The inbox has long been the softest entry point in enterprise security. As phishing campaigns grow more convincing, more personalised, and increasingly powered by generative AI, the tools designed to stop them have been locked in a reactive cycle: wait…