Japan tells its citizens to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to public health insurance, as many worry their data might be misused or stolen (Yuri Kageyama/Associated Press)

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Japan tells its citizens to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to public health insurance, as many worry their data might be misused or stolen  —  Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs …

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Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner renounced his Russian citizenship in August, after leaving Russia in 2014; Milner has been an Israeli citizen since 1999 (Joseph Pisani/Wall Street Journal)

Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner renounced his Russian citizenship in August, after leaving Russia in 2014; Milner has been an Israeli citizen since 1999  —  His firm, DST Global, has invested in technology companies including Facebook, Twitter and Airbnb

DC-based Pie Insurance, which uses data and analytics to help SMBs get insurance digitally, raised a $315M Series D, bringing its total funding to $615M+ (Ana Lucía Murillo/Washington …)

Ana Lucía Murillo / Washington, D.C. Business Journal:
DC-based Pie Insurance, which uses data and analytics to help SMBs get insurance digitally, raised a $315M Series D, bringing its total funding to $615M+  —  Pie Insurance has raised yet another staggering round of funding to create new lines of business for the tech-enabled insurance firm.

Insurance giant Zurich’s $100M+ settlement to cover losses suffered by Mondelez International from NotPetya may reshape the entire cyber insurance marketplace (Suzanne Smalley/CyberScoop)

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop:
Insurance giant Zurich’s $100M+ settlement to cover losses suffered by Mondelez International from NotPetya may reshape the entire cyber insurance marketplace  —  The settlement last week in a $100 million lawsuit over whether insurance giant Zurich should cover losses Mondelez International suffered …

In a bankruptcy hearing, FTX lawyers say a “substantial amount” of assets have been stolen from accounts; client names and addresses will be redacted for now (Ken Sweet/Associated Press)

Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
In a bankruptcy hearing, FTX lawyers say a “substantial amount” of assets have been stolen from accounts; client names and addresses will be redacted for now  —  Lawyers for FTX disclosed Tuesday that a “substantial amount” of assets has been stolen from the accounts …

Medibank, Australia’s top health insurer, confirms a ransomware group has begun posting some stolen data of its 9.7M customers on a REvil-linked dark web forum (Sydney Morning Herald)

Sydney Morning Herald:
Medibank, Australia’s top health insurer, confirms a ransomware group has begun posting some stolen data of its 9.7M customers on a REvil-linked dark web forum  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  A ransomware group has begun posting customer data stolen …

Paris-based Zenchef, which offers restaurants tools to enhance customer experience and optimize front-of-house operations, has raised €50M+ from PSG Equity (Patricia Allen/EU-Startups)

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups:
Paris-based Zenchef, which offers restaurants tools to enhance customer experience and optimize front-of-house operations, has raised €50M+ from PSG Equity  —  Restaurant tech player Zenchef has raised over €50 million from PSG Equity as it consolidates its position as a European leader in this space.