Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, where we dig into the weekend and take a peek at the week that is to come. We’ll talk more about Wednesday, but this is Y Combinator Demo […]
AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
Phone giant AT&T has reset millions of customer account passcodes after a huge cache of data containing AT&T customer records was dumped online earlier this month, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The U.S. telco giant initiated the passcode mass-reset after TechCrunch informed AT&T on Monday that the leaked data contained encrypted passcodes that could be used […]
Pokemon resets some users passwords after hacking attempts
The Pokemon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokemon’s official support website, which said that “following an attempt to compromise our account system, Pokemon proactively locked the accounts of fans who might have been affected.” The alert […]
Byju’s seeks to raise $200 million in rights issue amid cash crunch, resets valuation
Byju’s, the world’s most valuable edtech startup, launched a rights issue on Monday, seeking to raise $ 200 million as the Indian firm works to address its working capital issues. The startup is resetting its valuation to “next to nothing” in the rights issue, where all existing investors have an opportunity to participate, according to […]