Exclusive Sophos has placed 100 staff at risk of redundancy and is said to be shutting down its Naked Security blog, sources have told The Register - although the private equity-owned biz denied this.
A person familiar with the matter told El Reg that 100 personnel, mainly in the antivirus company's sales engineering division, were told their services would no longer be required yesterday.
The layoffs are hitting staff across multiple divisions and in overseas locations as well as the UK, though we understand that Britain is the worst-hit location.
Other sources claimed to El Reg that Sophos' marketing blog, Naked Security, was due to be shut down – something the company denied when we put it to them. The blog, which won a "legend of cybersecurity" award at a blogger award ceremony earlier this week, is due to be put on ice, well placed sources in ..
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