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AI Scramble Drives Cybersecurity M&A Boom

·Source: Dark Reading

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Executive Summary

Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What's different: Many of the buyers are not your typical cybersecurity firms.

Analysis

Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What's different: Many of the buyers are not your typical cybersecurity firms.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Dark Reading on Oct 9, 2026.

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