Thought For the Week

 

Please Enjoy this "Thought 4 the Week" as a token of our appreciation as we wish all a great rest of the Week.  

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On the latest re @realDonaldTrump

General McMaster at the White House Earlier This Evening

As we went to press, we were assessing reporting by the +Washington Post about President Trump having disclosed classified information to the Russian Foreign Minister at a meeting at the White House after the President Fired former Director Comey.   It must be noted that the President has the authority to declassify as he deems appropriate.   There have been denials by the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor as reported by the Washington Examiner earlier tonight.    General McMaster appeared before reporters to deny the report as "reported".

Beyond this latest development, there is a more interesting development looming about a possible Senior Staff shakeup at the White House.    It will be an interesting few days as we continue to assess this and curate our Twitter Channel.   

Notations From the Grid (Weekly Special Edition): On #WannaCry

As the World continues to deal with  #WannaCry, our team received this very good primer on it courtesy of the team at the +Washington Post  that underscores how we should take every care possible to be careful although as one of our Education Partners noted in an advisory for all, "....Unfortunately there is not a standard email or path by which the ransomware accesses your computer...".  As such being careful more than ever before is critical (and as we work away, we just got word that a group called the Lazarus Group (linked to the North Koreans) may be behind it as Kaprinskly & Symantec are working to investigate it): 

How to protect yourself from the global ransomware attack The WannaCry ransomware catastrophe, explained By Brian Fung  •  Read  What you need to know about bitcoin after the WannaCry ransomware attack The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high in the hours before the attack. By Brian Fung  •  Read more » Update your Windows systems now. Right now. Friday's massive international cyberattack may give you the best reason to hit “update.” By Hayley Tsukayama  •  Read more » One of the most important lessons of the crippling ransomware crisis It's a teachable moment. By Brian Fung  •  Read more »