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This California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data

California Consumer Privacy Act, connected cars, cybersecurity, data protection, security, Transportation / By flutterworks_asgu33

The troves of data collected by today’s modern connected cars has long been viewed as a cash cow — a yet untapped opportunity that could boost profits for automakers. Now one California agency wants to know exactly how that data might be used. The California Privacy Protection Agency announced plans this week to review the …

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Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison

cyberattack, cybersecurity, mudge, security, Twitter / By flutterworks_asgu33

Three years after one of the most visible hacks in recent history played out in real-time in front of millions of Twitter users, one of the hackers responsible for the breach will now serve time in federal prison. Joseph James O’Connor, 24, was sentenced Friday in a New York federal court to five years in …

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Solving problems is better than fearmongering

cybersecurity, EC Newsletter, restaurant tech, security, Startups, TechCrunch Exchange newsletter, The Exchange / By flutterworks_asgu33

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. From cybersecurity to SaaS for restaurants, the key to running a successful business is selling a product that solves your clients’ real problems. …

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TechCrunch+ roundup: South Korea investor survey, 1-hour board meetings, venture leasing basics

cybersecurity, EC Newsletter, EC roundup, investor survey, Pitch Deck Teardown, Startups, Venture / By flutterworks_asgu33

After sales software startup TigerEye closed its Series A and established a board of directors, its co-founders put them on notice: One thing we’d like to never do is the three-hour, too-in-the-weeds, non-strategic board meeting. “Every board deck I’ve made and seen is more than 80 pages long,” says Tracy Young, co-founder and CEO of …

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Backed by Sequoia Southeast Asia, SquareX protects web users with disposable browsers

Asia, cybersecurity, security, Singapore, Southeast Asia, SquareX, Startups, Venture / By flutterworks_asgu33

Much of our computer time is spent in a web browser, where we check emails, create documents, transfer files, carry out online banking, shop or stream entertainment. This leaves us vulnerable to security threats like phishing, identity theft and session hijacking, but many cybersecurity tools were created when the main threats were file viruses, worms …

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This California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data

Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison

Backed by Sequoia Southeast Asia, SquareX protects web users with disposable browsers

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