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Michael McLaughlin

Michael McLaughlin

Michael McLaughlin is a Shareholder and Co-Lead of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice Group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and co-author of Battlefield Cyber.

Aug 31, 2026

12:26
where they're operating or sometimes where they're not operating.
12:29
Yeah.
12:30
In a lot of cases, actually, you brought up two really, I think, really important questions there.
12:33
So start with what TCOs are.
12:35
Transnational criminal organizations are absolutely a threat to the U.S. And we're not just talking about ransomware groups.
12:41
They do fall under that.
12:43
And in a lot of regards, and I talk about this now, my book's aged because it's about four years since it's been published.

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24:07
Given your experience at Cybercomm and sort of the position that you've been in to think of this kind of thing in the past, what are the risks here? Why wouldn't we do this?

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