Today in Data: Cybersecurity Activities

Data has effectively become the currency in which today’s tech-infused world places high value on.

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    As such, the cybersecurity industry has become quite lucrative and thus hyperactive on a regular basis. From fraudsters posing as attorneys to siphon off funds to FedEx’s June cyberattack, there have been myriad activities this week in the cybersecurity arena.

    Here are the numbers:

    2 – 0 | FTC’s vote to approve fraud complaint of fraudsters posing as lawyers in debt collection scheme

    $31 million | Awake Security’s latest round of funding

    $4.8 billion | Amount FedEx bought TNT Express

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    3.1 percent | Decline in FedEx’s stock since June cyberattack of its TNT Express

    $7 million |  Blockchain startup CoinDash’s lost funds in data breach