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Salesforce Disables Connections to Gainsight-Published Applications Amid Investigation of Data Breach

November 21, 2025
EU Reportedly Investigating Google Over Alleged Demotion of News Publishers
Google // November 12, 2025

Two unnamed officials told The Financial Times that the European Commission, the EU’s antitrust watchdog, is preparing to launch a new investigation into Google’s parent company, Alphabet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

SEC Investigates Whether AppLovin’s Targeted Advertising Violated Platform Partners’ Service Agreements
Data // October 06, 2025

Mobile advertising technology company AppLovin is reportedly being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is looking into whether the company pushed more targeted advertising to consumers than was allowed by its platform partners’ service agreements. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Former Bitwise Industries Co-CEOs Charged by SEC for Misleading Investors
Legal // November 09, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against the former co-CEOs of Bitwise Industries, a private technology services startup based in Fresno, California.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

FTX Sues Sam Bankman Fried and Former Executives
Legal // July 21, 2023

The November 2022 collapse of FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has sparked an investigation into the company’s finances. The latest development in the ongoing bankruptcy process took place on Thursday when lawyers for the exchange sued the company’s founder and former CEO, Sam...

Interviews & Exclusives
Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud

August 02, 2019
The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday (Aug 1). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access […]

2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make

December 31, 2018
So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68...

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Salesforce Disables Connections to Gainsight-Published Applications Amid Investigation of Data Breach

November 21, 2025
Salesforce told customers Friday (Nov. 21) that it detected unusual activity involving applications published by Gainsight and installed and managed directly by customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. […]

EU Reportedly Investigating Google Over Alleged Demotion of News Publishers

November 12, 2025
Two unnamed officials told The Financial Times that the European Commission, the EU’s antitrust watchdog, is preparing to launch a new investigation into Google’s parent company, Alphabet. Get the Full...

SEC Investigates Whether AppLovin’s Targeted Advertising Violated Platform Partners’ Service Agreements

October 06, 2025
Mobile advertising technology company AppLovin is reportedly being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is looking into whether the company pushed more targeted advertising to consumers than was...

Former Bitwise Industries Co-CEOs Charged by SEC for Misleading Investors

November 09, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against the former co-CEOs of Bitwise Industries, a private technology services startup based in Fresno, California.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to...