Thoma Bravo to Buy Magnet Forensics in Billion-Dollar Deal

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Thoma Bravo’s shopping spree in the cybersecurity lane is showing no signs of slowing down.

The private equity giant has announced plans to spend $1.3 billion to acquire Canadian software firm Magnet Forensics, a deal that expands Thoma Bravo’s push into the lucrative cybersecurity category.

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Hacker Claims Breach of FBI’s Critical-Infrastructure Portal

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A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national security and cybersecurity threats with public officials and private sector actors who run U.S. critical infrastructure.

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