The cybersecurity industry is quiet after Trump canceled SentinelOne's security clearances on April 9 for hiring Chris Krebs; SentinelOne says it will cooperate
The cybersecurity industry has gone mostly quiet after President Donald Trump took action against one of its prominent members.
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Discussion
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@siliconshecky.siliconshecky.com
@siliconshecky.siliconshecky.com
on bluesky
This is very concerning for our field/industry. Only the Cyber Threat Alliance speaks up against what Trump is doing to SentinelOne? — We have failed in our job. — Bow down before the one you serve I guess... #infosec #Cybersecurity
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@quinnypig.com
Corey Quinn
on bluesky
Nobody apparently wants to be next. — I learned early on, if you don't stand up to a bully you're always gonna be giving things up. [embedded post]
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@hatr
Hakan
on bluesky
Will be interesting to see if/how this plays out in terms of any (non U.S.) gov-related business these now silent companies might have [embedded post]
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@malwarejake
Jake Williams
on bluesky
Fantastic journalism - and it shows the vast majority are unwilling to publicly back Sentinel One. [embedded post]
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@patrickhowelloneill.com
Patrick Howell O'Neill
on bluesky
If the industry is going to quietly get in line on this, which is to be expected at this point, it's up to journalists to shine a light on the fact. Good article. [embedded post]
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@ajvicens
AJ Vicens
on bluesky
Yesterday the Trump administration took aim at @thekrebscycle.bsky.social and @sentinelone.com over Trump's longstanding beef with Krebs saying the 2020 election was legitimate. So @raphae.li asked more than 30 major cybersecurity firms and trade groups what they had to say. He…
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@raphae.li
Raphael Satter
on bluesky
New: @ajvicens.bsky.social and I asked 33 leading information security companies for their reaction to Trump's order stripping @sentinelone.com employees and executives of their security clearances. — Not one had anything to say about it. — www.reuters.com/world/us/cyb...
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@raphae.li
Raphael Satter
on bluesky
The answer, my friends, is no. — www.reuters.com/world/us/cyb... [embedded post]
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@mrose220
Michelle Rose Micor
on bluesky
“The EO served no purpose other than to settle old political scores and distract the public from his assault on the economy, which has been an unmitigated disaster,” Thompson said. — cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-...
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@raphae.li
Raphael Satter
on bluesky
The Trump administration is now going after its first cybersecurity company, stripping @sentinelone.com of “any active security clearance.” — Will the infosec industry do any better than the legal industry in showing solidarity? — www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/ ... [image]
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@genebryant
Gene Bryant
on bluesky
Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday declaring former CISA leader Chris Krebs a “significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority.” Krebs debunked baseless claims of 2020 election fraud, for which Trump fired him. cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-...
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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Zack Whittaker
on mastodon
Per Reuters, one unnamed cybersecurity executive said that by going after someone as high-profile as his own former CISA chief, Trump was cowing the industry into silence. — “If they are willing to crush Krebs, what do you think they'll do to me or others like me?” he said, spe…
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r/cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne