Trump’s Post-Election Purge Reaches US Cybersecurity Agency
Trump’s Post-Election Purge Reaches US Cybersecurity Agency
Key cybersecurity officials are exiting (or expecting to be fired from) the U.S. government’s cyber threat protection agency as President Donald Trump’s post-election purge continues.
- Reuters reported Thursday that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director expects to be fired by the President. His deputy, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Bryan Ware, resigned under pressure Thursday.
- Krebs has been one of the few Trump administration officials pushing back against misinformation surrounding election security. White House staff bristled at his agency’s “Rumor Control” website, according to Reuters.
- CISA’s relevance to the crypto space comes most immediately through its occasional flagging of vulnerabilities and bugs on the Bitcoin network. Krebs has also spoken about the threats of ransomware.
