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Taylor Grossman

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Cyber Policy @mccrarycyber.bsky.social | Editor @bindinghook.bsky.social 🚀 | Stanford & Oxford alum | often hiding in ⛰️

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Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law @cyberseccenter.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#ICYMI: @megans.bsky.social from @istorg.bsky.social delivered her keynote at #CyberNextDC, focused on what the future of cyber policy should look like through the lens of the Ransomware Task Force (RTF). Hear her full remarks below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXaH...
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Megan Stifel: What Cyber Policy Needs Next Through the Looking Glass of the Ransomware Task Force
YouTube video by Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Researchers at NYU released a paper claiming to have created a prototype of ransomware orchestrated by AI. How can security experts protect against this next wave of digital attacks? With “‘boring’ cyber hygiene practices,” IST's @tgrossman.bsky.social told @csoonline.bsky.social. 🛡️ Read more:
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AI powered autonomous ransomware campaigns are coming, say experts
CISOs told the best defense is ‘boring cyber hygiene practices.’
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨NEW from IST: With Europol, IST & the #RansomwareTaskForce’s International Engagement Working Group executed Exercise VEIL STORM I, a tabletop exploring how operational collaboration can mitigate cyber incidents. Today’s after-action report summarizes proceedings & key takeaways. 🛡️ Read the report:
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Exercise VEIL STORM I: After Action Report
In partnership with Europol, the Institute for Security and Technology and the Ransomware Task Force’s International Engagement Working Group designed and delivered Exercise VEIL STORM I, a tabletop e...
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In June, IST's @michaelfklein.bsky.social spoke on a @cltcberkeley.bsky.social #CyberCivilDefense Summit panel addressing regional cyber resilience. @tgrossman.bsky.social reflects on the conversation, which highlighted pathways for improving state & local cybersecurity. 🖋️ From the #NatSpecs blog:
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Without Washington? IST’s Michael Klein joins Panel at CLTC’s Cyber Civil Defense Summit to highlight mechanisms for bolstering state and local cyber resilience
In June, IST Senior Director Michael Klein spoke on a panel at UC Berkeley’s Center for Long Term Cybersecurity #CyberCivilDefense Summit addressing shared responsibility of regional cyber resilience....
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Read an excerpt from Aleksandar Milenkoski, Jiro Minier, @julianferdinand.bsky.social, @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, and @tgrossman.bsky.social’s new report on state use of #ransomware, looking at Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China, on Binding Hook: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
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State-backed ransomware at the intersection of espionage, sabotage, and cybercrime
The governments of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea use ransomware for diverse ends.
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The 3rd report in the #PharosSeries, co-authored by IST’s @tgrossman.bsky.social, conducts a comparative analysis of #ransomware used by groups linked to Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran: "states are not building ransomware operations entirely from scratch.” 🛡️ Read the report: bit.ly/4389ajD
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Pharos Report No. 3: Ransomware’s New Masters: How States Are Hijacking Cybercrime - Virtual Routes
The third report in the Pharos Series, Ransomware’s New Masters: How States Are Hijacking Cybercrime is authored by Aleksandar Milenkoski, Jiro Minier, Julian-Ferdinand Vögele, Max Smeets, and Taylor ...
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 27/04/2025
Incredible research on developments in nation state ransomware from @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, @milenkowski.bsky.social, @tgrossman.bsky.social, my good friend and colleague @julianferdinand.bsky.social and Jiro Minier.
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Dakota @dakotaindc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Banger of a report from @milenkowski.bsky.social, Jiro Minier, @julianferdinand.bsky.social, @maxwsmeets.bsky.social, and @tgrossman.bsky.social virtual-routes.org/pharos-repor...
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Pharos Report No. 3: Ransomware’s New Masters: How States Are Hijacking Cybercrime - Virtual Routes
The third report in the Pharos Series, Ransomware’s New Masters: How States Are Hijacking Cybercrime is authored by Aleksandar Milenkoski, Jiro Minier, Julian-Ferdinand Vögele, Max Smeets, and Taylor ...
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Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Published a new Pharos report today - and learned a lot in the process from @milenkowski.bsky.social Jiro, @julianferdinand.bsky.social @tgrossman.bsky.social. The report takes a closer look at how states are using ransomware. virtual-routes.org/wp-content/u...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/04/2025
Senator Cory Booker spoke in an all-night session on the Senate floor early Tuesday, in an effort to seize the national spotlight and criticize the Trump administration's policies for Social Security, education and health care. He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
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Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech
The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He was still speaking in the predawn hours.
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Please call your own Senators and request they join Cory Booker in this filibuster. He says he'll go into the morning and as far into the afternoon as he can, so anyone we can force into showing some moral courage can jump in when he's exhausted. Find their direct number here…
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U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
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Jamie MacColl @jamiemaccoll.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We're hosting a panel event at RUSI at 0900 on 3 April to discuss the UK government's ongoing consultation on ransomware legislation. I'll be joined by: @alexmartin.bsky.social @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social Verona Hulse-Johnstone (NCC Group) Edward Lewis, CyXcel my.rusi.org/events/asses...
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Assessing UK Ransomware Policy
Join an expert panel to discuss the UK government’s approach to ransomware.
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Drag0nR3b0rn @drag0nr3b0rn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
In a new paper with @joedevanny.bsky.social for @lawfare.bsky.social, we use the "Pacific Rim" campaign by @sophossecurity.bsky.social as an opportunity to further the understanding of norms of responsible behavior in cyberspace and counter-cyber operations (CCO)/active cyber defense (ACD). 🧵/5
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Since April 2021, IST’s #RansomwareTaskForce has investigated how to disrupt the infrastructure that ransomware groups rely on to receive payments. Trevaughn Smith presents new strategies for targeting the resourcing phase of the #ransomware ecosystem. 🖋️ From the #NatSpecs blog: bit.ly/4ilbMRx
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Congratulations to @therecordmedia.bsky.social for breaking a story so wild it broke the site. I mean that with all the love in the world. You folks rock.
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 NEW from IST: Following President Trump’s 2021 EO on deterring abuse of U.S. cloud services, the Commerce Dept. last January proposed a new rule requiring IaaS providers to ID foreign customers or begin info-sharing. While that rule remains pending, today, IST releases its report. 🔐 bit.ly/4hVsh6z
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
From policymakers to journalists to developers, the second annual Cyber Policy Awards™ nominees reflect the dedication, ingenuity, and acumen of the cyber policy community. At Thursday’s ceremony, cross-sector leaders announced recipients to a packed house. 🖋️ From the #NatSpecs blog: bit.ly/42KQ58q
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I had such a great time contributing to this roundup - many thanks to @alexandrapaulus.bsky.social for the idea and invite and to my fellow contributors for their incredible recs! Looking forward to some wonderful winter reading 🤓❄️
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Together with @munsecconf.bsky.social, we present the AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition. Submit your essay by January 2 to help shape Europe's future and be one of the winners. #Cybersecurity #AI Read more: bindinghook.com/ai-cybersecu...
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The AI-Cybersecurity Essay Prize Competition - Binding hook
Terms & Conditions Review Board FAQ 1. Who is eligible to participate? The competition is open to experts in cybersecurity and AI from any part of the world. All submissions must be in English.We only...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 22/11/2024
Quite a sobering read by @philipstephens.bsky.social Trump “may not quit NATO, but his eagerness to do a deal with Putin promises to badly undermine it. The alliance has been the keystone of British security. Without NATO, one senior official confides, Britain does not have a defence policy.”
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Britain’s national security demands more than a defence review
As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
@istorg.bsky.social Canada team!
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Sweater weather
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
👋 finally back here - drop a line if you want to talk ransomware, incident response, cyber norms and IHL, deception in cyberspace, or your favorite fiction books of the year 📚
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Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
Reading between the lies - a short pieces on limits of using leak site data to analyze ransomware trends bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Reading between the lies: using leak sites to analyse ransomware trends
Leak site data is a tempting source for researchers, but it must be used cautiously. Selection biases, inaccuracy, and manipulation by ransomware groups all pose risks
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Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
We are hiring a researcher and graphic designer at the Incubator: europeancyber.org/vacancies/
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Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Pell Mell or Pas Mal? Governing commercial cyber intrusion capabilities bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Pell Mell or Pas Mal? Governing commercial cyber intrusion capabilities
Binding Hook Managing Editor James Shires puts forward principles for how states should govern cyber-intrusion technologies
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Richard Skalt @richardskalt.com · 04/03/2024
🛡 We dive into the #OECD Digital Governance Index 2023 and the challenges & progress in #digital public sector transformation and feature @tgrossman.bsky.social's @bindinghook.bsky.social article on the operational inefficiencies of #NATO and #EU Cyber Rapid Response Teams. bsky.app/profile/tgro...
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Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
The brilliant @gavinwilde.bsky.social on information theory and LLMs for @bindinghook.bsky.social bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
In a new piece for @bindinghook.bsky.social, I wrote about EU and NATO cyber rapid response teams and the structural and governance challenges they face bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Europe’s cyber rapid response teams should pivot to proactive missions - Binding hook
Taylor Grossman finds that NATO and EU cyber rapid response teams are not built to respond rapidly to emergencies
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
KELLY LINK IS WRITING A NOVEL?! My cup runneth over 😍
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Ah yes, Idaho, that midwestern classic
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 05/12/2023
a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
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A letter to our readers
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
📢New publication out! My @CSS_ETHZurich report on cyber rapid response teams has just been published (1/9) css.ethz.ch/en/publicati...
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Details – Center for Security Studies | ETH Zurich
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
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Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Shut it down, immediately. This is such a dangerous practice; it could easily be used to incite violence or to spur population movement. It's disgusting the lengths to which some media corporations will go to avoid paying for on-the-ground written & photo journalism. petapixel.com/2023/11/07/a...
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Adobe Stock is Selling AI-Generated Images of the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Do we really need fake images of the war?
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
This is a great piece and a powerful reminder that we judge war twice — on its causes and on its tactics. As Fortna writes, “International humanitarian law is clear: The ends do not justify the means.”
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
“The cybersecurity field overemphasises the security of states and underemphasises how it affects people, especially those most marginalised,” argues Anubha Gupta bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Dalits battle caste-based cyber insecurity every day - Binding hook
Dalits and other marginalised communities' online experiences offer a crucial perspective on often overlooked cyber insecurities
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
“Similar to controlling roads and access to electricity, controlling a country’s digital networks allows conflict parties to signal their capabilities and claim to be the designated ruler,” argues @argohdes.bsky.social in a new piece for Binding Hook bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
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Digital infrastructure is strategic terrain - Binding hook
In today’s wars, combatants fight over digital infrastructure control
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Centre for International Security - Hertie School @hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
🌐💻 New Article! "Digital Infrastructure is Strategic Terrain" by @argohdes.bsky.social for @bindinghook.bsky.social. An analysis of how states fight over control of digital infrastructure. Click below to read 👇 bindinghook.com/articles-hoo... #CyberSecurity #Hertie #DigitalInfrastructure
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Digital infrastructure is strategic terrain - Binding hook
In today’s wars, combatants fight over digital infrastructure control
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
In a new article for Binding Hook, Anubha Gupta explores how Dalits and other marginalised communities' online experiences offer a crucial perspective on often overlooked cyber insecurities bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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Dalits battle caste-based cyber insecurity every day - Binding hook
Dalits and other marginalised communities' online experiences offer a crucial perspective on often overlooked cyber insecurities
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
In today’s wars, combatants fight over digital infrastructure control, explains @argohdes.bsky.social in a new article for Binding Hook bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
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Digital infrastructure is strategic terrain - Binding hook
In today’s wars, combatants fight over digital infrastructure control
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
“Building a multilayered reconstitution capability is the best way for Europe to safeguard their space-based assets and support space security on a global scale,” writes @47stein.bsky.social bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
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Europe's plan to fortify the final frontier - Binding hook
The EU is developing a strategy to deter attacks on its vulnerable space infrastructure
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Pets of @bindinghook.bsky.social
My dog Meadow nestled in couch cushions wearing a Binding Hook cap
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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
He's hungry for your pitches on emerging tech and security. bindinghook.com/submissions/
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Submissions - Binding hook
What is Binding Hook? Binding Hook is a media organisation that aims to provide a European perspective to digital technology and security. Although we centre the conversation on Europe, we hope to con...
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
New post up on @bindinghook.bsky.social from @danwblack.bsky.social! Moscow used a new type of cyberattack to destabilise Ukraine’s electricity grid — read more here bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...
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Russia ushers in a new era of cyber-physical attack - Binding hook
Moscow used a new type of cyberattack to destabilise Ukraine’s electricity grid
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Taylor Grossman @tgrossman.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
I’ve been given a homework assignment from @gavinwilde.bsky.social to watch a few canonical cyber films: - Sneakers - The Net Others out there?? (I’ve already seen Wargames, I promise 😂)
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Sylke Gruhnwald @sylkegruhnwald.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
There is a new kid in town: @bindinghook.bsky.social
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Stéphane Taillat @staillat.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Sortie tant attendue de @bindinghook.bsky.social, le média de la European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative, avec de très bons articles sur les différents aspects des cyber opérations et de la conflictualité numérique. Bravo @maxwsmeets.bsky.social et James Shires! bindinghook.com
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Julien Nocetti @jnocetti.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
"The illegal use of spyware in #Europe is a clear and present danger to European democracy" - @sophieintveld.bsky.social in @bindinghook.bsky.social bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
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