- Chilling Effect: If a high-profile, well-respected figure like Krebs can be targeted for doing his job, no one in the industry is safe. The message is clear: toe the line or risk your career and your company’s future.
- Erosion of Trust: Cybersecurity is built on trust and integrity. If practitioners cannot speak the truth without fear of retaliation, the entire profession is undermined.
- Precedent for Authoritarianism: The use of executive power to punish private citizens and companies for protected speech is a hallmark of authoritarianism. The industry’s silence enables further overreach.”
quotingGood read from nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqv8r5uyz9h7nc54j6qtktsf7v5g8mune4ye5h298qfgu0cjyq89vs2zaakv (nprofile…aakv) on the Trump administration's retaliation against Chris Krebs, given that the RSA conference is rapidly approaching.
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"Silence is not safety. Silence is capitulation. If the cybersecurity community cannot defend its own when the truth is under attack, then what exactly are we protecting?"
https://rud.is/b/2025/04/17/trumps-retaliation-against-chris-krebs-and-the-cybersecurity-industrys-deafening-silence/
