SoylentNews

Head of US Cybersecurity Agency Fired

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 19 2020, @03:26PM   
from the retribution-can-be-petty dept.

MostCynical writes:

The Guardian has a story detailing the firing of Christopher Krebs, who served as the director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa)

President Trump made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, saying Krebs "has been terminated" and that his recent statement defending the security of the election was "highly inaccurate".

CISA last week released a statement refuting claims of widespread voter fraud. "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history," the statement read. "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."

Krebs, is a former Microsoft executive, and was appointed by President Trump after allegations of Russian interference with the 2016 election.

---

Original Submission

• Re:All a matter of perspective... (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @09:45PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @09:45PM (#1079441)

  I distinctly remember the pro Democrat side on SN being quite adamant in their belief of the now thoughtfully debunked Russian hackers conspiracy theory.

  Stop changing the subject. And changing history. It was never about *haxers* in the actual election process. It was about Russian interference in the elections and it fucking did work and is working. Americans are so fucking stupid, they believe the idiotic propaganda spewed by these foreign agents. Then again, Faux News and related did similar damage to American democracy. You actually may want to read things and get informed. (And read the entire wikipedia entry, not just my quote.)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections [wikipedia.org]

  The Internet Research Agency (IRA), based in Saint Petersburg, Russia and described as a troll farm, created thousands of social media accounts that purported to be Americans supporting radical political groups and planned or promoted events in support of Trump and against Clinton. They reached millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Fabricated articles and disinformation were spread from Russian government-controlled media, and promoted on social media. Additionally, computer hackers affiliated with the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) infiltrated information systems of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Clinton campaign officials, notably chairman John Podesta, and publicly released stolen files and emails through DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks during the election campaign. Several individuals connected to Russia contacted various Trump campaign associates, offering business opportunities to the Trump Organization and proferring damaging information on Clinton. Russian government officials have denied involvement in any of the hacks or leaks.

  And the only reason why Trump didn't end up colluding with Russia was because he's too fucking stupid to collude. He tried and failed. But considering how he handled everything else, that's not surprising. He's an embarrassment not just to America but the world.

  Parent

  Starting Score:	0		points
  Moderation		+2
  Interesting=1, Informative=1, Total=2
  Extra 'Informative' Modifier		0
  Total Score:		2