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How a Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody's iPhone from Anywhere in the World
Vanity Fair FinSpy was quickly identified as part of a spyware product named “FinFisher,” created and marketed by a British company called Gamma Group, which billed FinFisher as a new way for police and intelligence agencies to monitor criminals and spies. |
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Yahoo Admits Some Employees Knew About Its Massive Data Breach for Years
Vanity Fair Marissa Mayer just can't catch a break. Her problems didn't end after unloading Yahoo to Verizon for $ 4.8 billion earlier this year, which might have marked the end of Mayer's tarnished legacy as C.E.O. Instead, the beleaguered tech giant has been … Yahoo faces 'at least' 23 lawsuits over its massive data breach Yahoo admits data breach may affect Verizon acquisition Yahoo knew about data breach in 2014 |
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Ol’ Mark Pincus Had a Farm… Zynga—the company behind such Facebook games as FarmVille, CityVille, and Zynga Poker—is the hottest topic in Silicon Valley: valued at $10 billion, with 250 million users and a rumored I.P.O. next year. Its C.E.O., Mark Pincus, takes fun very, very seriously.
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With a Little Help From His Friends — At 19, Sean Parker helped create Napster. At 24, he was founding president of Facebook. At 30, he’s the hard-partying, press-shy genius of social networking, a budding billionaire, and about to be famous—played by Justin Timberlake in David Fincher’s new film, The Social Network.