Apax Funds to Acquire Coalfire

Apax Funds to Acquire CoalfireFunds advised by global private equity advisors Apax Partners are to acquire cybersecurity assessment and consulting services provider Coalfire.The long-established cybersecurity firm, which has 730 employees operating from 11 locations in the United States and the United Kingdom, is being purchased from The Carlyle Group and The Chertoff Group for an undisclosed sum.According to a statement released on Friday, the deal is expected to closeOrbitz and Expedia Agree to Data Breach Settlement with Pennsylvania The office of Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro has reached a settlement with travel websites Orbitz and Expedia following an investigation into a 2018 data breach.The cybersecurity incident, disclosed by Orbitz in March 2018, may have exposed the personal data of 20,755 Pennsylvanian customers. An investigation into the breach, carried out by Shapiro's office and led by Deputy AttornInstagram Mounts Challenge Against Free SpeechInstagram has launched an artificial intelligence warning system that challenges the free speech of its users.Starting today, the social networking app will notify people when their captions on a photo or video "may be considered offensive" and give them "a chance to pause and reconsider their words before posting."A user who attempts to post a comment deemed to be objectionable will receive a prompt that reads "This caption looks similar to others tThousands of Met Police Get Cyber TrainingThousands of Metropolitan Police officers have attended online training courses to teach them crucial digital policing skills over the past two years, according to newly released information.UK-based cloud hoster Nimbus Hosting submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the London-based police force to better understand the take-up of cybercrime online learning courses across the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years.In total, 4534 officers attendeNew Orleans Scrambles to Respond to Ransomware AttackThe City of New Orleans has become the latest major US municipality to suffer a cri ..

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