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Monday, November 30, 2015

U.S. government reveals breadth of requests for Internet records

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has used a secretive authority to compel Internet and telecommunications firms to hand over customer data including an individual’s complete web browsing history and records of all online purchases, a court filing released Monday shows.

Target website down on Cyber Monday traffic

(Reuters) - Discount retailer Target Corp's website was down due to heavy traffic on Cyber Monday.

U.S. Cyber Monday sales jump, high traffic leads to website outages

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. online sales grew 14 percent on Cyber Monday, on track to set a record, leading some retail websites, like Target Corp's, to crash temporarily due to high customer traffic.

Swatch, Visa launch pay-by-wrist watch venture

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss watchmaker Swatch SA, Visa Inc and Visa Europe have launched a project that lets Visa cardholders in the United States, Switzerland and Brazil make payments with Swatch's new "pay-by-the-wrist" Swatch Bellamy watch.

China, U.S. high-level cyber crime talks to begin Tuesday

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Chinese officials will convene this week in Washington for the first round of cyber security talks following the signing of a bilateral anti-hacking accord in September.

On China's fringes, cyber spies raise their game

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.

Paysafe says current accounts safe from 2009-10 data breach

(Reuters) - British mobile payments company Paysafe Group Plc said on Monday it was confident that the data stolen through cyber-attacks in 2009 and 2010 could not be used to access existing Neteller or Skrill customer accounts.

U.S. states probe VTech hack, experts warn of more attacks

BOSTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. states said they will investigate a massive breach at digital toy maker VTech Holdings Ltd as security experts warned that hackers are likely to target similar companies that handle customer data.

South Korea gives initial approval for first online-only banks

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's financial regulator has given preliminary approval to two consortia backed by Kakao Corp and an affiliate of China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to set up the country's first online-only banks.

Atlassian Corp. sets IPO price range, aims to raise $370 million

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software company Atlassian Corp wants to raise up to $370 million in what is expected to be one of the highest-valued U.S. tech company share offerings this year.