He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
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Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
The announcement comes barely more than a week after hackers stole $6.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Binance users.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has blamed pro-Russian hackers for publishing the details online.
Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.
Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool.
The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said cold rooms storing blood were impacted by hackers.
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.