Met Police seize record £180m in cryptocurrency as part of suspected money laundering case
The Met Police have made the UK’s largest cryptocurrency seizure, taking nearly £180m in connection with suspected money laundering.
Virsec nabs $100m in highly subscribed Series C
Cybersecurity platform Virsec has secured $100m from a Series C funding round led by BlueIO.
Ex-US Treasury official’s VC backs cybersecurity firm Cybereason in $275m round
US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services Cybereason has secured $275m in Series F funding.
The investment was led by Liberty Strategic...
Alessa chosen by payments firm Vitesse to bolster transaction security
International payments provider Vitesse has picked Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions to help enable secure real-time global payment transactions.
India bars Mastercard from onboarding new customers due to data storage non-compliance
Reserve Bank of India has indefinitely barred Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit or prepaid cards to customers in the South Asian market over noncompliance with local data storage rules.
CertiK claims to raise the largest funding round of any blockchain security platform
Blockchain security company CertiK has scored $37m in its Series B funding round, which was co-led by Coatue Management and Shunwei Capital.
ECB to examine digital euro potential through two-year investigation
The European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed it is set to begin a two-year long investigation into the possibility of launching a digital euro.
REvil ransomware group sites go dark following string of attacks
The Russian-speaking REvil ransomware gang has seen its sites go dark, a few days after it claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack of US IT provider Kaseya.
Cyberattack simulation startup AttackIQ reels in $44m to fuel global growth
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems provider AttackIQ raised $44m in Series C funding, bringing the total raised by the company to approximately $79m.
The round...
Sigma Ratings names Alison Clew as a new independent director
Sigma Ratings, which provides clients with a unified view of risk, has named Alison Clew as its new independent director.
