emily: that was entertainment ceo and chair byron allen.g up, when it comes to cyber warfare, the nsa is known for its dominant position around the globe, so then how did hackers steal its cyber tools and put them to nefarious use? we will discuss. to the publicding market this year, u.s. securities and exchange commission chair jay clayton breaks down the ipo requirements. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." in 2017, a group of hackers leaked nsa cybersecurity tools onto the internet. tools were subsequently co-opted by nefarious groups and used in global malware attacks. member the ransomware attack that affected hundreds of thousands of computers in dozens of countries? it turns out a different group of hackers access to those nsa tools before that all went down. and they were put to use. this according to a new report released by a cybersecurity firm. a technicalwe have director of symantec and the bloomberg global executive editor. what exactly happened here? >> thanks for having us. found was that the tools ult

emily: that was entertainment studios chairman and ceo byron allen.ing up, when it comes to cyber warfare, the nsa is known for its dominant position. so then how did hackers steal its cyber tools and put them to nefarious use? we will discuss. u.s. securities and exchange commission chair jay clayton breaks down the ipo requirements. this is bloomberg. ♪ at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. >> this is "bloomberg technology" i'm emily chang and san francisco. leaked toolsckers onto the internet. those tools were co-opted by nefarious groups and used in global malware attacks. member the ransomware attack? it turns out a different grou

byron allen, who owns the weather channel, is investing in the business.illion dollar sovereign wealth fund -- in the first quarter. that is $16,000 per citizen. holdingsgest stock were acme and microsoft. are restructuring existing loans and boosting collateral needed for new ones. in march, a report by first midwest bancorp chicago showed agricultural loans up in 2018. that is your business flash update. let's stick with agriculture. african swine fever is sending shockwaves through the global food chain. a farm in china was found to harbor the fever in august. here to talk more about the impact is steve matthews. at alternative data means to track this sort of thing. at the moment, what sort of damage are you seeing? 30% ins like about china. that could be getting worse. the chinese say it is under control now. romaine: is there a mechanism to replace that? >> right now mechanism is increased imports. once the problem is under control, they will rebuild. every once in a while, breakouts of diseases happen within the livestock industry. comparablee best

now, sinclair is paying 9.6 billion adjusting for some minority equity interest byron allen, he's a bigxecutive here in los angeles, he'll become an equity and content partner in this rsn holding company. in this press release sinclair pointing out there are some portfolio delivered combined $3.8 billion in revenue across 74 million subscribers, just giving a sense of the reach of these 21 networks. a note here is that this sale does not include the yes network. we've reporting on this and our sources tell us that they're close to selling the yes network to a consortium including the yankees, which would have the biggest stake. amazon and sinclair broadcast group as well as some private equity companies will also -- are likely to purchase that yes network which is the remaining piece of this. and that valuation we expect to be around $3.5 billion guys, back over to you >> julia, thank you. we're going to have a lot more on this story later on the show. new report from the "wall street journal" says soft bank is considering an ipo for its $100 million vision fund. it has an impressive po