Andrew Martin
Cybersecurity Editor at Bloomberg News
Editor at Bloomberg News. Opinions are my own.
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Andrew Martin
Resecurity’s target was a ransomware-as-a-service group called “BlackLock,” which it says has been around since March 2024 and has become increasingly prolific.
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1 month ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google’s $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the US government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz’s founders said they’d changed their minds. It didn’t hurt that Google parent Alphabet Inc. sweetened the offer to $32 billion in cash — a handsome price for a company that set up shop in Tel Aviv just five years ago.
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1 month ago |
afr.com | Andrew Martin
Google parent Alphabet agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm Wiz for $US32 billion ($50 billion) in cash, reaching a deal less than a year after initial negotiations fell apart because the cloud-computing startup wanted to stay independent. Wiz will join the Google Cloud business once the deal closes, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT). The takeover is subject to regulatory approvals and is likely to close next year, they said. Loading...
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google’s $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the US government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz’s founders said they’d changed their minds.
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1 month ago |
miamiherald.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google's $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the U.S. government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz's founders said they'd changed their minds. It didn't hurt that Google parent Alphabet Inc. sweetened the offer to $32 billion in cash - a handsome price for a company that set up shop in Tel Aviv just five years ago.
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