“If I could wipe out one technology? TCP/IP.”  

 That was Mike Jervis’ answer. He was half-joking. Sort of.   

Mike’s a cybersecurity and privacy lawyer at Mullen Coughlin. He works with companies after the worst has happened—when ransomware locks down production, customer data is exfiltrated, and legal deadlines start ticking. His job is to figure out what broke, what the law demands, and how to respond.  

This episode of Tern Stories is about the aftermath of a breach. What’s surprising isn’t just the chaos—it’s how much of the outcome hinges on infrastructure, habits, and technical decisions made months or years before the incident.  

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