Proofpoint lines up $6.3 billion deal for Varonis’ data security
2026-10-18T14:51:48Z•7c57f21084d815d69a0ca1f5e147e6fe133827b2a23111165d04e7c6d4a6a23e
BeyondTrustChina-linked threat actorDataSuckersProofpointVaroniscritical infrastructurecyberattackcybersecurity newsdata breachespionagegovernment systemsincident responseransomwaresupply chain riskzero-day
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Cybersecurity news roundup covering a major Proofpoint–Varonis acquisition, arrests of suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to data breaches, confirmation of an Anne Arundel County government breach, alleged Chinese espionage activity exploiting a BeyondTrust IT support zero-day, and operational outages affecting U.S. federal bankruptcy courts after a contractor cyberattack.
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