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Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users  —  Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29

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Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment (Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica)

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment  —  Ransomware operators stealing data before they encrypt means backups are not enough.  —  Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster. Some ransomware rings

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In 2019, 52 women became new VC or general partners in the US, up 37% from last year's record of 38; 65% of VC firms still don't have a woman partner (Pam Kostka/All Raise)

Pam Kostka / All Raise: In 2019, 52 women became new VC or general partners in the US, up 37% from last year’s record of 38; 65% of VC firms still don’t have a woman partner  —  Correction: In a previous version of this blog post we published that there were 50 new female VC

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