Proofpoint lines up $6.3 billion deal for Varonis’ data security
2026-10-17T20:51:48Z•e2510ae901ada22dd09882d8a22af7a72ecabaf747c3f8ad80b44c8b5f567e03
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Cybersecurity news roundup covering a major Proofpoint–Varonis acquisition, arrests of alleged DataSuckers hackers tied to data breaches, a confirmed ransomware-related breach at Anne Arundel County, suspected Chinese espionage exploiting a BeyondTrust zero-day, and outages affecting U.S. federal bankruptcy courts after a contractor cyberattack.
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