Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants

The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims

Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s security researchers report.

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable

Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE firms are considering buying.