Arik Hesseldahl

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Security Firm Rapid7 Acquires Seattle’s Mobilisafe

Rapid7, the Boston-based cloud-based security concern that runs the widely used vulnerability warning service Metasploit, said today that it has acquired Seattle-based Mobilisafe, a firm focused on mobile security, specifically the management of risks associated with the “bring your own device” trend in which workers use their own smartphones and tablets for company business. Financial terms have not been disclosed.


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I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts … [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.

— HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, talking to Entertainment Weekly about the “rampant” piracy of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”