Proofpoint lines up $6.3 billion deal for Varonis’ data security
2026-10-17T08:51:48Z•3da5985fa4ffd3b74eb26658abb1930d513cad231d8f504fcdabe6f13f767fee
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Cybersecurity news roundup covering a major Proofpoint–Varonis acquisition, arrests of suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches, an Anne Arundel County data breach involving stolen files, alleged Chinese espionage activity exploiting a BeyondTrust IT support zero-day, and outages affecting U.S. federal bankruptcy courts following a contractor cyberattack.
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