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Hong Kong Democracy Website Crippled by DDoS Attack  

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Anonymous, protesting the Albuquerque Police Department’s use of force against two men, recently crashed the police department’s website and subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack with a YouTube video. CTO Cyber Security Cyber Threats Apple Daily Beijing Denial-of-service attack Hong Kong Jimmy Lai Next Media'

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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

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It recently hired longtime Amazon tech leader Dorothy Li as CTO. 82) , commercial banking platform FISPAN (No. 63) — The contract management software startup originally launched in India but recently added several executives based in the Seattle region and relocated its headquarters to Bellevue, Wash. The biggest movers.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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He’s also the host of the video interview series, “The Shiproom.” ” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region. Former Microsoft Dynamics 365 CTO Sri Srinivasan joined Redwood, Calif.-based She was most recently a VP at VMware.

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Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023

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The good news is that, for managers, the best time to attract and retain talent is during economic downturns. Hiring and retaining the best people with the right skills is always the best strategy to improve overall performance.” “We need to improve overall performance while we adapt to the changing business environment,” Liu says.

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‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company lead new startups in Seattle

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“I attribute the entrepreneurialism of so many alums to the culture and high hiring bar in the early days of the company,” said Ryan Soskin , the 15th employee at Convoy who is now CEO of trucking software platform GoodShip. The company: Founded in 2021, Outgo is a banking solution for freight carriers.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Cyber Ranges

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Red teams and pen tests are point in time assessments. Lee Rossi, CTO and co founder.of Vamosi: That’s Lee Rossi, CTO and co founder.of Vamosi: All this sounds like what you’d hire a red team to do. So why not just hire a Red Team? You can with a cyber range. SimSpace, a cyber range company.

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We asked 24 startups in the new Techstars Seattle class about how AI is impacting their business

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AI’s impact on video game industry: “From an industry perspective, the entire entertainment landscape is being transformed by generative AI. AI’s impact on robotics development: “To help reduce the need to hire more senior developers,” Okoye said. Mathew LeJeune was a senior designer at Nvidia.

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