In a significant development, the British police have arrested 7 people following a series of hacks by the Lapsus$ hacking group which targeted companies including Microsoft Corp and Okta Inc. The authentication services of San Francisco-based Okta Inc are used by… Read More ›
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DOJ begins investigation into Archegos Capital Management’s collapse
The U.S. Department of Justice has begun an investigation on the collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management, which cost large global banks more than $10 billion in losses. To this end, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have sent requests for… Read More ›
German antitrust regulator Federal Cartel Office launches investigations against Amazon.com Inc
On Tuesday, Germany’s antitrust watchdog said it has launched a new investigation into whether U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc is exploiting its market dominance. “In a first step, we are looking at whether Amazon is of outstanding, cross-market importance for… Read More ›
Switzerland’s competition commission opens investigation against telecoms provider Swisscom
On Thursday, Switzerland’s competition commission (COMCO) stated, it has opened an investigation into Swisscom, a telecoms provider, and ordered the adoption of immediate precautionary measures to allow competitors access to networks during expansion of its optical fiber network. Swisscom is… Read More ›
German financial regulator BaFin investigating suspected market manipulation of Wirecard’s shares
On Friday, a spokeswoman from Germany’s financial regulator BaFin stated, it is investigating Wirecard’s communication with investors directly ahead of the publication of a critical audit by KPMG. Earlier, BaFin had said, it would include the findings of the KPMG… Read More ›
China owes Germany at least £130 billion for coronavirus damages: Germany’s Bild newspaper
Germany has followed, France, UK and the United States in their search to find the source of the coronavirus following the virus going pandemic and imposing a humongous economic cost on the global economy. Bild, a major German newspaper has… Read More ›
Australia’s Cotton On starts investigating usage of forced prison labor by China’s Zhejiang Yunguang Printing
On Tuesday, Australian clothing retailer Cotton On Group stated, it is investigating a Chinese supplier over fears that it uses forced prison labor. The development comes in the wake of British supermarket operator Tesco PLC suspending ties with the same… Read More ›
3M discloses potential violation of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in regulatory filing
3M chanced on certain funding and marketing related efforts in business groups in China, in its own internal investigation. It is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In a significant development, 3M Co… Read More ›
SEC investigating PG&E’s losses and public disclosures related to 2017, 2018 wildfires
PG&E is of the opinion that regulators are likely to conclude that its equipment started the wildfires, the deadliest in California’s history, which resulted in the death of 86 people and caused billions of dollars in liabilities. In a significant… Read More ›
German prosecutors latch on to bonus payments to suspended VW manager
German regulators are probing why VW made bonus payments to an executive who was suspended following the diesel emission cheating scandal. On Tuesday, in a development that continues to haunt Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest car producer, German prosecutors have begun investigating… Read More ›