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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Delaware-based Pagos, which offers payment tracking, analytics, and monitoring to Adobe, Eventbrite, and others, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures  —  With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: LastPass: hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer’s computer  —  LastPass revealed more information on a “coordinated second attack,” where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for over two months. Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit  —  The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Elon Musk approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop a ChatGPT alternative; Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015  —  Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: DCG reports 2022 revenue of $719M and a $1.1B loss as the company struggled with plunging crypto prices and the restructuring of its lending platform, Genesis  —  DCG held cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million at the end of 2022, while investment assets amounted to $670 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Shepardson / Reuters: The White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they don’t have TikTok installed on government devices and 120 days to adjust IT contracts with vendors  —  The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 7%+  —  Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Platformer: Sources: The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis has been overseeing Twitter’s recent cost-cutting, including laying off 200+, amid talk he may be Twitter’s next CEO  —  Is the job Steve Davis’ to lose?  PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: The US Marshals Service suffered a ransomware attack and data theft on a “stand-alone USMS system”; source: breach didn’t affect the witness protection database  —  The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Platformer: Sources: The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis has been in charge of Twitter’s cost-cutting, including recent layoffs, amid talk that he will be Twitter’s next CEO  —  Is the job Steve Davis’ to lose?  PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online Lees verder op Tech Meme