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‘ Momo’ game threatens young Internet users
Pure Storage positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for solid-state arrays for fifth consecutive year
Mohammad Amin Hasbini, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab has issued guidance to parents following reports about a disturbing game targeting young WhatsApp users. Momo is reportedly pitting youngsters against anonymous users, who may spur them to commit violent or suicidal acts. The premise of the game is to challenge teens to communicate with an unknown user, who will send them violent and disturbing photos along with threats if they do not comply with the commands and tasks, which are to be completed within a particular time-frame.
The game has spread across social media platforms. It has also been likened to‘ Blue Whale’, another suicide game that gained notoriety earlier this year, and has been linked to the death of a 12-year-old girl in South America.
Mohammad Amin Hasbini, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, said:“ Luckily, there are security solutions and parental control programmes that can be used to monitor a child’ s activity on the Internet, or how much time they are spending online. However, parents should always pay close attention to any abnormal signs their child might exhibit.
Although authorities are making an effort to restrict access to harmful games and content, new sources spring up equally rapidly and it is impossible to shut down every threat.
Pure Storage has improved its position within the Leaders Quadrant of the July 2018 Magic Quadrant for Solid- State Arrays.
Pure Storage, the all-flash storage platform that helps innovators build a better world with data, is best positioned on the completeness of vision axis and on the ability to execute axis in the Leaders quadrant.
Over the past year, Pure Storage has continued to innovate and push boundaries. In May 2018 at its third annual user conference, Pure // Accelerate, the company unveiled its vision for the future of infrastructure design – a Data Centric Architecture. The company also launched AIRI, the industry’ s first
Charles Giancarlo, CEO, Pure Storage
integrated AI-ready infrastructure for deploying deep learning at scale.
“ Innovation is the cornerstone of Pure Storage and we’ re proud to set the pace and direction of the storage market. We did this first by bringing all-flash storage to the mainstream and now by leading in NVMe and purpose-built solutions for AI,” said Charles Giancarlo, CEO, Pure Storage.
“ We are especially pleased to be recognised for the fifth straight year by Gartner in this Magic Quadrant. From our perspective, we are investing heavily to continue to lead this category and delivering to our customers a data-centric architecture that enhances and simplifies their ability to use data for intelligence and advantage.” • www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO
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