Tesla acknowledged it the subject of an attempted hack. Elon Musk tweeted “this was a serious attack" in response to a report from Teslarati that a Tesla employee had helped the FBI stop a cyberattack on the company. The FBI arrested a Russian man Aug. 22 on charges of hacking. The Justice Department said the man had tried to bribe a Tesla employee $1 million to help him hack into Tesla’s...
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After eight years at the company, Snap’s senior vice president of content and partnerships, Ben Schwerin, is departing to join Coatue Management as a general partner, my colleague Kate reported. Schwerin helped lead Snap’s Spotlight, the app’s TikTok clone launched at the end of 2020. His replacement will face the task of maintaining Spotlight’s growth as other rivals, such as Instagram’s...
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