Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz
The acquisition could make the Silicon Valley giant a bigger force in cybersecurity, and arrives months after an earlier round of talks collapsed.
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Alphabet to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion
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