• Travelex

  • Jun 20 2022
  • Length: 26 mins
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Travelex

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  • Ransomware struck global currency exchange and remittance company Travelex on New Year's Eve 2019. Security Architect Don Gibson was DJing at a friend’s place when the first alerts came in. That night kicked off turbulent period for Don that lasted throughout the rest of the year. His name became publicly linked with the Travelex incident, and the attention was completely undesired. His story is one of how social media, a frantic incident response and stress contributed to a nearly tragic health outcome. He went from IR, or incident response, to the ER – the hospital's emergency room.

    Speakers: Don Gibson, former Security Architect, Travelex; Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Information Security Media Group.

    Sources and transcript for this episode are here.

    Production Coordinator: Rashmi Ramesh.

    The Ransomware Files theme song by Chris Gilbert/©Ordinary Weirdos Records.

    Music by Uppbeat and Podcastmusic.com.

    Follow The Ransomware Files on Twitter: @ransomwarefiles

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