Associated Press: German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021  —  German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Antoine Gara / Financial Times: US private equity firm Silver Lake and a Canadian pension fund offer to acquire Qualtrics for $12.4B as majority owner SAP looks to divest its 71% stake  —  Deal for survey software group would be one of largest this year  —  US private equity group Silver Lake and one of Canada’s largest pension funds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benedict Evans: Analysis: Amazon had $38B in 2022 ad revenue, more than the entire global newspaper industry and likely above Prime, leading to questions over ads and marketing  —  I first started paying attention to Amazon’s ad business a couple of years ago, when a line called ‘other’ in the back of the accounts started to grow really fast. Lees verder op Tech Meme