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Trump fires CISA chief Chris Krebs, who guarded the 2020 election from interference and domestic misinformation cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…

Private-sector experts,& Democratic lawmakers "protested loudly that Krebs’ dismissal risked hurting national security @ a perilous moment for the country. But Republican lawmakers who have previously praised Krebs, a Trump appointee, were notably silent." cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…

"He was a fixture at DEF Con and Black Hat, the Las Vegas security conferences, sporting brightly colored pants and adopting a self-deprecating style to connect with the crowd." (Also known as TLP Red Pants) cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…

"Krebs & his agency had spent years going about their business & avoiding the wrath of a president who cares little for cybersecurity, but CISA’s fact-based insistence that the vote was secure & free of any notable fraud proved too much 4 the White House." cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…

Minutes after Trump’s tweet firing him, Krebs tweeted from his personal account: “Honored to serve. We did it right.”
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".@C_C_Krebs' departure will be felt in other ways by the cybersecurity industry. He managed to connect with researchers and white-hat hackers in ways few government officials have." cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…

"Krebs knocked down one particularly outlandish conspiracy theory pushed by...Steve Bannon, which claimed a US government supercomputer stole votes, as “nonsense.” Krebs also retweeted an independent elections expert’s (@beckerdavidj) direct rebuke of the president’s ravings."

And the purge continues: The White House has also forced out Krebs’ deputy, Matt Travis, a source familiar with the matter tells me. Travis will leave the agency this week.

Brian Harrell "@gridsecure, former CISA assistant director: "Based on experiences from 2016 and 2018, CISA was ready for the worst on Election Day with better mechanisms to share threat information with our election officials, law enforcement, and intelligence partners....

Harrell continued: "While we now have citizens better educated on the risks of election influence and dis-information, the professionals at CISA and @C_C_Krebs deserve a ton of credit for keeping a watchful eye on our nation-state adversaries....

Harrell continued: "It’s a shame, that in this Administration, you can be fired for safeguarding the American people and faithfully doing your duties."