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Twilio says “threat actors were able to identify” phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy.
Jeff Lawson, co-founder and recently departed CEO of Twilio, is the proud new owner of satirical online newspaper The Onion.
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With Twilio under activist pressure, Segment could be put up for sale
With Twilio under pressure from activist investors, it’s looking at whether to sell Segment, the company it bought in 2020 for $3.2 billion.
When we consider Lawson’s tenure, the bulk of the company’s life so far is far more telling of the real story than the past few quarters.
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Twilio might actually deserve activist investor attention
Twilio’s stock has fallen from $400 a share in 2021 to somewhere in the $60s today. It’s no wonder activist investors are circling.
Just a few hours after Spotify announced a large round of layoffs, Twilio is also announcing hundreds of job cuts. Around 5% of the company’s workforce will be impacted. Today’s…
The customer data platform provides a central place to collect first-party information about customers, but simply having a pile of data is not the point. Companies want to put it…
Airbnb, Twilio and Amplitude’s earnings together indicate that tech growth is slowing not just for Big Tech, it’s across the board.
Gathering customer information in a CDP is about understanding your customers better and delivering more tailored experiences, but getting that information where it needs to be to make that happen…
Twilio just announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 17% of its global workforce. The company will also restructure its internal organization and…
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As tech companies seek to limit losses, a reminder of how far some have to go
If Bilibili and Twilio are enduring headaches as investors molt from growth-oriented to more profit-focused beasts, how much harder will it be for startups?
U.S. messaging giant Twilio confirmed it was hit by a second breach in June that saw cybercriminals access customer contact information. Confirmation of the second breach — carried out by…
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Twilio today announced that it will lay off 11% of its workforce — between 800 and 900 people across its staff of over 7,800 — as the customer engagement platform…
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U.S. messaging giant Twilio has confirmed hackers also compromised the accounts of some Authy users as part of a wider breach of Twilio’s systems. Authy is Twilio’s two-factor authentication (2FA)…
Daily Crunch: Hacking group penetrates 130+ organizations, captures credentials for nearly 10K workers
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DoorDash hit by data breach linked to Twilio hackers
Food delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed a data breach that exposed customers’ personal information. In a blog post shared with TechCrunch ahead of its publication at market close, DoorDash said malicious hackers stole credentials from employees of a third-party vendor that were then used to gain access to some of…
The hackers that breached Twilio earlier this month also compromised more than 130 organizations during their hacking spree that netted the credentials of close to 10,000 employees. Twilio’s recent network…
Cloud giant DigitalOcean says that some customers’ email addresses were exposed because of a recent “security incident” at email marketing company Mailchimp. In a scant blog post dated August 12,…
This week on the TechCrunch Podcast Natasha Mascarenhas is back to talk about VC-backed aperitif company Haus being forced to sell. Then we’re joined by…
End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal says attackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes for almost 2,000 users as part of the breach at communications giant Twilio last week.…
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Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. The San Francisco-based company, which allows users to build voice…
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WhatsApp ramps up revenue with global launch of Cloud API and soon, a paid tier for its Business App
WhatsApp is continuing its push into the business market with today’s news it’s launching the WhatsApp Cloud API to all businesses worldwide. Introduced into beta testing last November, the new…
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a number of updates to Firebase, Google’s popular back-end-as-a-service platform. The focus here is mostly on deeper integrations with the rest of…
Twilio today announced a new API for its Flex contact center service that combines the platform’s existing chat channels under a single umbrella to make it easier for developers to…
