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This weekend's ransomware attack took down computer systems and compromised data worldwide, but Monday was business as usual for cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ: PFPT). Rather than prompt product adjustments, the WannaCry hack merely highlighted “just how important it is to show...

The whistleblower organization WikiLeaks revealed Tuesday a trove of over 8,000 documents detailing surveillance programs at the Central Intelligence Agency. In a press release, WikiLeaks claimed the CIA has "lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses,...

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE: BAH) fell more than 4 percent after the New York Times reported that Harold Thomas Martin, one of the firm's National Security Agency contractors, had been arrested for possible theft of classified computer code. The report said the F.B.I. is...

Social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been caught up in a great deal of controversy in Europe over the past year, as users complain that the firm's privacy policies don't align with those that govern each EU country. The company has faced accusations that its policies are not sufficient...

Two years ago, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified information which showed that the United States government had been spying on people around the globe without their knowledge. The incident sparked international outrage and caused consumers to demand strict...

This year has been a difficult one for U.S. tech firms operating in Europe. The eurozone has been working on a massive digital overhaul that will unite the rules governing e-commerce throughout the bloc. However, that process has put many U.S. firms under the microscope as the region evaluates...

U.S. tech companies are still dealing with the backlash that came with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's revelations that the government had been collecting data in huge volumes from the unknowing public. Snowden's leak has contributed to major reforms in the way the U.S....

On Wednesday, a 338–88 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill that ends the National Security Agency's sweeping collection of phone records. Now the bill is destined for the Senate, where there is a deep divide over whether or not the practice is...

Re/code Co-Executive Editor Kara Swisher joined Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep this week for an in-depth interview on Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the iPhone 6 and more. The Next iPhone "It's going to be a bigger phone," Swisher said about Apple's (...

Most people are not crazy about the idea that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Glass wearers can record them without their permission – just by looking at them. Berlin artist, Julian Oliver, concurs and decided to do something about it. That ‘something’ is a simple program...

In the, “sad but true” category, dealing with government is now considered bad for business especially if you’re a large, well-known tech company. According to a Washington Post story, Apple, (NASDAQ: AAPL) Facebook, Microsoft, and Google are updating their privacy policies to say that users...

The National Security Agency (NSA) said Thursday a report based on documents provided by Edward Snowden charging that the agency “in some cases” was able to target computers for surveillance by impersonating Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was false. According to a report this week by The Intercept, an...

San Francisco-based global cloud computing company, Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) software, said it planned to open three data centers in Europe between now and 2015. The company said its first European data center would open in the U.K....

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on NBC's Today for an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie on the company's 10-year-anniversary Tuesday morning, where he discussed the company's past, current and future cultural impact amongst other things. “It's been a...

Setting a precedent for the telecom industry, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said Thursday that beginning next year it would publish detailed reports on the number of government requests it receives for customer data, according to The Associated Press. Verizon said it would publish its first report online...