Data
7 Jan 2019
Police have raided the home of a 19-year-old man as part of the investigation into a data breach affecting German politicians. The teenager has said he had been in contact with the hacker responsible for some time.
6 Jan 2019
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s $74 billion acquisition of drugmaker Celgene Corp. is the biggest deal ever announced this early in a calendar year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg going back to 1990.
5 Jan 2019
Hundreds of German public figures and politicians had their personal data and documents stolen by hackers. It has now emerged the cyber defense office had known about the hack for weeks.
5 Jan 2019
The data breach that affected lawmakers from across Germany's spectrum was the latest in a string of prominent cyberattacks around the world. DW takes a look at six others that have made headlines.
31 Dec 2018
Personal information from hundreds of defectors from North Korea has reportedly been stolen. The classified data leak could put people who have fled to the South at risk from potential retribution from Pyongyang.
29 Dec 2018
Personal information from hundreds of defectors from North Korea has reportedly been stolen. The classified data leak could put people who have fled to the South at risk from potential retribution from Pyongyang.
20 Dec 2018
Rich Greenfield, a BTIG analyst, and Bloomberg's Sarah Frier discuss the report from the New York Times that Facebook Inc. had allowed more than 150 companies to access more personal data from users than it had disclosed.
11 Dec 2018
John Chen, BlackBerry Ltd. chief executive officer, discusses data security risks with Bloomberg's Amanda Lang on "Bloomberg Markets."
2 Dec 2018
The whistle-blower behind the Cambridge Analytica revelations said the now-defunct data research firm used the fashion preferences of Facebook Inc. users to help develop the algorithms needed to target them with political messaging.
1 Dec 2018
In Nigeria's Niger Delta, gas flares are killing crops, polluting water and damaging human health. The Nigerian government has promised to tackle the problem — but new data shows flaring has even gone up.
31 Oct 2018
Big Data Summit, an initiative of Olubayo Adekanmbi held recently and the event brought together experts and players in the emerging big data ecosystem.
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