British business leaders on Saturday urged police to make cyber crime an urgent priority following an attack on broadband provider TalkTalk, saying firms face continual security breaches. TalkTalk said the private data of its more than 4 million customers could be at risk and that it had received a ransom demand from an unidentified party. The data could include credit card and bank details and if the theft is confirmed
British business leaders on Saturday urged police to make cyber crime an urgent priority following an attack on broadband provider TalkTalk, saying firms face continual security breaches. TalkTalk said the private data of its more than 4 million customers could be at risk and that it had received a ransom demand from an unidentified party. The data could include credit card and bank details and if the theft is confirmed
By Alexandria Sage and Deborah M. Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey’s novel move to give a third of his company stock to an employee equity pool is a smart gesture to restore confidence in a company that lost its way, according to recruiting and compensation experts. “It’s a deliberate and wise and somewhat necessary move to shore up the talent you want to keep,” said
By Alexandria Sage and Deborah M. Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey’s novel move to give a third of his company stock to an employee equity pool is a smart gesture to restore confidence in a company that lost its way, according to recruiting and compensation experts. “It’s a deliberate and wise and somewhat necessary move to shore up the talent you want to keep,” said
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A long-delayed bill that would make it easier for corporations to share information about cyber attacks with each other or the government without fear of lawsuits advanced in the U.S. Senate with strong support from members of both parties on Thursday. Dozens of industry and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, back the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), saying it would help
After a surprisingly strong quarter shorn of PayPal, further growth for eBay Inc will rest on its ability to make its website more visible to those searching for items to buy. EBay’s shares rose as much as 13.5 percent on Thursday, a day after the company reported a better-than-expected profit for its first quarter since it spun off PayPal Holdings Inc , the payments processing business that had been its
Exchanging traditional currency for the digital currency bitcoin online should be exempt from consumption taxes just like other transactions of banknotes and coins, the European Court of Justice said on Thursday. Europe’s highest court ruled in response to a request by Swedish tax authorities, who had argued bitcoin transactions should not be covered by a European Union directive exempting currency transactions from value added tax (VAT). “Those transactions are exempt
Toyota Motor Corp, Microsoft Corp and Chrysler are among the brands that will advertise this weekend during Yahoo Inc’s first live-streamed National Football League game, the internet company said Thursday. Yahoo will stream Sunday’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars, the first time viewers around the world can watch an NFL game online for free.
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc said on Wednesday that consensus revenue estimates for its third-quarter were “inflated” as they differed from its own accounting, which includes results from DirecTV, acquired by the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier in July. Shares of AT&T, which is scheduled to report results on Thursday, fell as much as 1.3 percent after the Wall Street Journal first reported that the company’s revenue for the quarter could
“The Internet of Thing is here,” Michael Dell proclaimed at Dell World. “But only 80% of devices today connect to the internet.” The IoT revolution requires new ways to store and analyze massive amounts of data, and Dell is showcasing new solutions to help kickoff the industrial Internet of Things revolution. The Dell Edge Gateway 5000 The Gateway is purpose-built for automation, Mr. Dell said, and it can connect to
