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Markku hosted his first ever All Hands meeting in this season-changing month. 

What is September?

100

According to Mandiant, threat actors often disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions before deploying this malicious software.

What is malware?

100

Cybercriminals are the "new headhunters" according to this cyber incident.

What is the 2021 LinkedIn data breach?

100

The Managing Director Class of 2021 has this number of appointees, two of them being from Tech Risk. 

What is 643 MDs?

100

This direct is an ice hockey pro. 

Who is Timo?

200

The Bengaluru office seamlessly completed this cross-divisional audit in August. 

What is the ISO 27001: 2013 Audit?

200

Stephen Scherr's journey to Goldman Sachs began with this nearly three-decade old piece of paper.

What is his rejection letter from Goldman Sachs?

200

It took less than 2 hours between the notice of cryptocurrency demand and a systems shutdown as a result of this cyberattack. 

What is the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack?

200

A one-room basement office next to a coal chute was opened at 30 Pine Street in this year.

When is 1869?

200

These two directs have been with the firm for 22 years.

Who are Wes and Dan?

300

These two seasoned Tech Risk pros celebrated their 25-year anniversaries with the firm this year. 

Who are Jeremy Katz and Gerald Witzel?

300

We hosted this post-Forum #38 event that promoted mental resilience. 

What is desk yoga?

300

Visitors to Walt Disney theme parks had difficulty checking in online; Ticketmaster had to postpone selling seats to Adele’s 2022 tour; Traders at home couldn’t use Robinhood or Coinbase; Streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ were down; Tinder went dark - all because of this notable incident.

What is the AWS outage?

300

Goldman Sachs Engineering recently launched this Twitter handle to share learnings, opensource projects, events and opportunities to provide product offerings for the firm’s clients.

What is "@gsdeveloper"?

300

John Wick is the favorite movie of this direct.

Who is Regina?

400

The Tech Risk EMEA footprint spans across this number of countries.

What is six?

400

TLC hosts a television program that features newly-engaged fiancés over the course of about 3 months. Similarly, Zoom created this program at the start of the pandemic that focused on improving security and privacy. 

What is the 90-day plan?

400

This luxury car brand was hit by a data breach that exposed the contact information and, in some cases, personal details, like driver license numbers, of customers in the United States and Canada.

What is Audi?

400

Marcus Goldman is a native of this country.

What is Germany?

400

These two directs agree that Oracle was their favorite employer prior to Goldman Sachs.

Who are Ram and Eddie?

500

The name of this Immersive Labs update was based on the threat group that carried out Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) widespread email-based attacks.

What is the "Nobelium series update"?

500

According to the GSINet roundtable discussion in May, these concepts started at Goldman Sachs in the 1990s. 

What are hacking and security?

500

The "country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen" that targeted Microsoft Exchange servers.

What is Black Kingdom ransomware?

500

The first-ever Investment Banking Engineering Symposium was hosted by George Lee on this date.

When is June 27, 2016?

500

Fun fact - this direct has vaccinated thousands of salmon babies.

Who is Markku?