When bad things happen to the computers in your organisation, who is the first person you call? IT, the FBI, your general counsel, the insurance company? Today, Erik, Dan and Brian cover attacks, response and middle people negotiating with the attackers on your behalf.

Other topics discussed include:

• The risk of cheap IoT devices and long term support (or lack thereof),
• Whose insurance policy covers the tree on your neighbour’s land that falls and hits your house,
• The law of unintended consequences when creating things, and 
• The joy of reading fake Amazon reviews

Links:

• An Interview with “UNKN” Sheds Light on REvil’s Operations & Future Victims
• Schedule – GrrCON
• Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector | CISA
• Tavour – Craft Beer Delivery
• Amazon.com: Amazon Sidewalk: Amazon Devices & Accessories
• Amazon Reviews: Thousands are fake, here’s how to spot them
• Amazon.com : Sugar Free Gummy Bear 1LB Bag : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Shodan
• TV Maker Vizio to Pay Out Millions After Secretly Collecting Customer Data
• Vizio Reorg Folds Inscape Data Operations Into Platform Business – Variety
• How Does the Homeowners’ Policy Deal with Trees?
• SEC.gov | Form 8-K
• Ransomware WannaCry: All you need to know | Kaspersky
• Marcus Hutchins: UK ransomware ‘hero’ pleads guilty to US hacking charges | Cybercrime | The Guardian
• The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet | WIRED

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