“France’s Thales to buy Imperva in $3.6 billion cybersecurity deal”
July 25, 2023
“…PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Thales said on Tuesday it would buy U.S. cybersecurity company Imperva in a deal worth $3.6 billion as it steps up expansion outside its historic defence business in the war against bots and hackers.
Thales’ move signals the group is ready to spend large sums to beef up its digital identity and security (DIS) division and take market share in the United States, where Imperva serves some of the biggest companies….
Shares in Europe’s largest defence electronics provider, which also makes civil aircraft parts and digital security systems, fell almost 2% in early trading and were down by 0.4% at 1035 GMT…”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/french-company-thales-buy-us-051820098.html