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Ransomware Response

Covers immediate actions and strategic decisions organizations must make during a ransomware attack. Articles explore isolation techniques, negotiation considerations, law enforcement engagement, and system restoration workflows.

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Cyber Incident Reporting

How to Report a Cyber Incident: A Step-by-Step Guide

In July 2020, Twitter suffered one of the most visible cyber incidents of the year — a coordinated social engineering attack that compromised high-profile accounts including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Apple. The attackers walked away with over $100,000 in Bitcoin. But what stood out to me wasn't

Carl B. Johnson Dec 20, 2020 7 min read
Data Breach Response Plan

Data Breach Response Plan: Build One Before You Need It

The Breach Already Happened — Now What? In March 2023, Latitude Financial discovered a threat actor had accessed 14 million customer records — driver's license numbers, passport copies, financial statements. Their initial disclosure said 328,000 records. Within weeks, that number ballooned to 14 million. The company didn't

Carl B. Johnson Nov 26, 2019 7 min read