Facebook defends against hackers with PrivateCore purchase

Facebook defends against hackers with PrivateCore purchase   Facebook continues its streak of acquisitions with the purchase of online security firm PrivateCore.The California-based security company was founded in 2012 by industry veterans from Google and VMware, according to its official site.Neither Facebook nor PrivateCore disclosed financial details concerning the deal, but Facebook said it will use the company's tech to help secure its servers and protect them from malware, hackers and more.And just in time, too, as researchers this week revealed one of the biggest online data heists in history, with 1. Read more >