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Alibaba Group increases share repurchase programme to $10 billion
(Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Sunday its board has authorized an increase in the company's share repurchase programme to $10 billion from $6 billion. "This Share Repurchase Program wil...
Dec 27, 2020
China central bank urges Ant Group to set ‘rectification’ plan swiftly
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank urged Ant Group on Sunday to outline a concrete plan as soon as possible to meet regulatory demands and fully understand the seriousness of the "rectification"...
Dec 27, 2020
Suspected Russian hackers tried to access CrowdStrike’s email
SAN FRANCSICO (Reuters) - The suspected Russian agents behind the biggest breach of U.S. government agencies in years leveraged access to a Microsoft cloud services reseller in a failed attempt to hac...
Dec 24, 2020
Experts who wrestled with SolarWinds hackers say cleanup could take months – or longer
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity expert Steven Adair and his team were in the final stages of purging the hackers from a think tank's network earlier this year when a suspicious ...
Dec 24, 2020
SolarWinds updates flagship software in bid to block second hacking group
(Reuters) -SolarWinds Corp said on Thursday it had released an update to fix the vulnerabilities in its flagship network management software, Orion, following the discovery of a second set of hackers ...
Dec 24, 2020
Laptops, desktop sales see ‘renaissance;’ shortages won’t ease until 2022
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007, and manufacturers still are months away fr...
Dec 24, 2020
‘What’s the alternative?’ SolarWinds boosts security firms’ bottom lines
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Cybersecurity providers including FireEye Inc and Microsoft Corp could not prevent a huge network breach disclosed this month by numerous U.S. agencies and c...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ state, local governments
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is "impacting" state and local governm...
Dec 23, 2020
China launches probe into Alibaba for suspected monopolistic behaviour
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched an investigation into Alibaba Group for suspected monopolistic behaviour, regulators said on Thursday. Regulators had previously warned the e-commerce g...
Dec 23, 2020
Ant group says will strictly comply with all regulatory requirements
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ant Group on Thursday said it has received a meeting notice from regulators, and will strictly comply with all regulatory requirements. China's financial watchdogs includin...
Dec 23, 2020
