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Google optimized ad auctions to favourably impact revenue

Google optimized ad auctions to favourably impact revenue

Google regularly tweaked its ad auction system for Google Ads to meet revenue targets. This testified Google's advertising chief, Jerry Dischler during the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) against the tech giant. The competition lawsuit over Google Search's dominance in the ... Read more

date7 months ago
Europe follows US and wants to split up Google

Europe follows US and wants to split up Google

The European Commission (EC) plans to tackle Google's online advertising power, by splitting thing up. In doing so, the EU is following America, which has been tackling the tech giant's online ad monopoly for some time. In a press statement, responsible European Competition Commissioner Vestager... Read more

date10 months ago
Ericsson pleads guilty to federal bribery, will pay a $206M fine

Ericsson pleads guilty to federal bribery, will pay a $206M fine

The decision comes after the Swedish company violated a 2019 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the US Department of Justice (DoJ). The company was found to have withheld evidence involving misconduct in several foreign states and failed to provide prompt and sufficient information regarding... Read more

date1 year ago
‘Ubiquiti hit by inside-job hack attack’

‘Ubiquiti hit by inside-job hack attack’

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted an employee of Ubiquiti for the ransomware attack the company faced this year. Earlier this year, WiFi and network specialist Ubiquiti was hit by a hacking attack. The suspected hackers gained access to all Ubiquiti's AWS accounts, including S3 data bu... Read more

date2 years ago
Collection of thousands of hacked databases leaks

Collection of thousands of hacked databases leaks

A collection of more than 23,000 hacked databases has temporarily appeared on a forum. The collection came from the hacker website Cit0day, which recently went offline. Cit0day was a website where cybercriminals could buy access to the hacked databases and then abuse the stolen personal data. Th... Read more

date3 years ago