Mastercard Acquires Recorded Future to Bolster Cyber Protections

Mastercard is spending $2.65 billion to acquire threat intelligence company Recorded Future.The deal, announced Thursday (Sept. 12), “bolsters the insights and intelligence used to secure today’s digital economy – in the payments ecosystem and beyond,” Mastercard said.A company news release describes Recorded Future as “the world’s largest threat intelligence company,” becoming part of Mastercard at a time when cybercrime has ballooned to a $9.2 trillion global problem.“Trust is the foundation of any relati ...