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DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach

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DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data, TechCrunch has learned. The cloud infrastructure giant told customers in an email on Wednesday, obtained by TechCrunch, that it has “confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account.” The company said the person “gained access […] Continue reading DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach→

A SonicWall cloud bug exposed corporate networks to hackers

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A newly discovered bug in a cloud system used to manage SonicWall firewalls could have allowed hackers to break into thousands of corporate networks. Enterprise firewalls and virtual private network appliances are vital gatekeepers tasked with protecting corporate networks from hackers and cyberattacks while still letting in employees working from home during the pandemic. Even […] Continue reading A SonicWall cloud bug exposed corporate networks to hackers→

Contentful raises $80M Series E round for its headless CMS

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Headless CMS company Contentful today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series E funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures and a number of other new and existing investors. With this, the company has now raised a total of $158.3 million and a Contentful spokesperson tells me […] Continue reading Contentful raises $80M Series E round for its headless CMS→

Alibaba to help Salesforce localize and sell in China

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Salesforce, the 20-year-old leader in customer relationship management (CRM) tools, is making a foray into Asia by working with one of the country’s largest tech firms, Alibaba. Alibaba will be the exclusive provider of Salesforce to enterprise customers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and Salesforce will become the exclusive enterprise CRM software […] Continue reading Alibaba to help Salesforce localize and sell in China→

Google says some G Suite user passwords were stored in plaintext since 2005

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Google says a small number of its enterprise customers mistakenly had their passwords stored on its systems in plaintext. The search giant disclosed the exposure Tuesday but declined to say exactly how many enterprise customers were affected. “We recently notified a subset of our enterprise G Suite customers that some passwords were stored in our […] Continue reading Google says some G Suite user passwords were stored in plaintext since 2005→

Google’s new ‘Grab and Go’ project helps business loan Chromebooks to their employees

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At Google, the company offers a ‘Grab and Go’ program that allows employees to use self-service stations to quickly borrow and return Chromebooks without having to go through a lengthy IT approval process. Now, it’s bringing this same idea to other businesses. Chromebooks have found their place in education and a number of larger enterprise […] Continue reading Google’s new ‘Grab and Go’ project helps business loan Chromebooks to their employees→

Microsoft can ban you for using offensive language

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A report by CSOOnline presented the possibility that Microsoft would be able to ban “offensive language” from Skype, Xbox, and, inexplicably, Office. The post, which cites Microsoft’s new terms of use, said that the company would not allow users to “publicly display or use the Services to share inappropriate content or material (involving, for example, […] Continue reading Microsoft can ban you for using offensive language→