Darktrace Share Price Crashes as Takeover Pulled

Shares in cybersecurity company Darktrace crashed 30 percent Thursday after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ended its takeover interest in the British group.

In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Darktrace said “discussions with Thoma Bravo have terminated”.

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Cyber Safety for Summer Vacation

Let’s get back to summer travel.

My original title for this byline was “Hack for the Holidays,” but I decided that my ever-friendly content editor would likely reject the thought – however, the statement does highlight an area we should all consider.

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Atlassian Ships Urgent Patch for Critical Bitbucket Vulnerability

Atlassian’s security response team has issued an urgent advisory to warn of a critical command injection flaw in its Bitbucket Server and Data Center product.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS severity score of 9.9 out of 10 and can be exploited remotely to launch code execution attacks, Atlassian said.

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