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New date unknown
The launch of Amazon’s first internet satellites, which are intended to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink system, has been postponed due to bad weather.
New malware discovered
A new threat has emerged on the cybercrime scene that is specifically targeting ATMs in Europe and could therefore endanger the entire banking industry. The malware, known as “EU ATM Malware”, was recently offered for sale on a hacker forum.
Data records sold for 500,000 US dollars
Data from over half a billion users of the ticket provider Ticketmaster has allegedly been up for sale since Tuesday evening. Ticketmaster also sells tickets for concerts in Germany, which is why German users would probably also be affected.
10 international arrest warrants, 4 arrests
Investigators are talking about the biggest strike against cyber criminals: more than 100 servers have been confiscated and 1300 domains put out of operation in an operation in several countries worldwide.
Guy's, St. Thomas' and King's College Hospital affected
A ransomware attack has hit prominent hospitals in the British capital, according to a report. The consequences are not yet foreseeable.
Competition for 1Password and LastPass
For a long time, third-party providers such as 1Password and LastPass dominated the password manager market. Now Apple wants to enter the market with its own in-house solution.
Malfunction
The investment app Trade Republic is struggling with significant outages for the second time in just a few days.
Israel protest
Microsoft has fired two employees after they disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations with protests against military cooperation with Israel.
20 years invested in China
Apple has lost the title of the most valuable company on the stock market because investors fear the consequences for the iPhone company of the China tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
Efficiency strategy
The Canadian e-commerce specialist Shopify is taking an unusual approach to personnel planning under the leadership of CEO Tobi Lütke.
Purchase price: 2.5 billion dollars
The investment is primarily intended to strengthen the semiconductor company’s automotive business. And Infineon boss Hanebeck is enthusiastic about humanoid robots.
Non-compete clauses
Google is apparently taking unusual measures to keep top employees in the highly competitive AI market away from the competition. As Business Insider reports, the company is imposing “aggressive” non-compete clauses on selected employees from its AI division DeepMind.
Car rental company is being blackmailed
The Europcar Mobility Group has been the victim of a targeted cyber attack. Unknown persons gained access to the international car rental company’s GitLab repositories and captured both the source code of the mobile applications and customer data.
Threat defense
Google has unveiled an experimental AI model called Sec-Gemini v1, designed specifically to support incident response and threat analysis workflows from its Mandiant division.
First estimate
Samsung Electronics’ latest business figures have significantly exceeded market expectations. The South Korean electronics giant is forecasting an operating profit of 6.6 trillion won (approx. 4.1 billion euros) for the months of January to March.
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