CSO Krebs throws himself on the grenade, resigns from SentinelOne after Trump revokes clearances

[erronis]

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/krebs_quits_sentinelone/
Jessica Lyons - The Register

Illegitimi non carborundum? Nice password, Mr Ex-CISA

Chris Krebs, the former head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and a longtime Trump target, has resigned from SentinelOne following a recent executive order that targeted him and revoked the security clearances of everybody at the company.

Krebs, a Republican who Trump appointed to lead US cybersecurity operations in 2017, was famously fired via tweet five years ago after he publicly contradicted Trump's false claims of election fraud. Krebs declared the 2020 US presidential election "the most secure in American history."

Krebs joined SentinelOne as Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer in November 2023 after the security shop snapped up his consultancy, Krebs Stamos Group.

Last week, Trump issued a memorandum revoking security clearances for Krebs and any entities associated with him, including SentinelOne. The order also directed the Attorney General and the Department of Homeland Security to investigate Krebs' activities during his tenure at CISA, including his assurances of 2020 election security.

"For those who know me, you know I don't shy away from tough fights," Krebs said in an email sent to company employees and shared on Wednesday in a LinkedIn post:

But I also know this is one I need to take on fully — outside of SentinelOne. This will require my complete focus and energy. It's a fight for democracy, for freedom of speech, and for the rule of law. I'm prepared to give it everything I've got.

. . .

[Kid Berwyn]

1. You can tell the truth or serve Trump.

And they are mutually exclusive.

Chris Krebs has integrity, so of course he has to be the one to go.

[Walleye]

2. This is what Trump means when he says he's "getting things done"

[erronis]

3. Reminds me of when trmp told the russian ambassador that he had fired Comey

During a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Trump told the Russian officials "I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job." He added: "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off", further adding "I'm not under investigation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey#Dismissal

[Walleye]

4. That really pissed me off, especially Lavrov's snarkiness

He disrespected the whole country and the Republicans were fine with it. A goddamn Russian.

[spanone]

5. He's a better man by miles than the crazy fuck in the White House.

trmp will do his best to make his live miserable...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Chris Krebs had to quit his job because of Trump's EO. This is an unprecedented scandal.

Link to tweet

Chris Krebs had to quit his job because of Trump’s EO. This is an unprecedented scandal.

Consider: Had W. sicced the DOJ on Scott McLellan it would’ve been the lead story for months & he would’ve been impeached over it.

Refuse to let this get brushed aside

[maxsolomon]

9. Most likely it will be buried in an avalanche of other petty, vengeful bullshit.

He's trying to save the company, but it's already fucked. MFer won't rescind the security clearance revocations.

The revenge tour continues. Anyone who stood for facts in 2020 will feel it.

[Redleg]

7. Krebs seems like a person of principles

I liked how he spoke out after the 2020 election and I like that he is going to continue the fight that King Bully picked with him.

[mdbl]

8. This what you get when you make the criminal the warden

Investigating those that were protecting us.

[SupportSanity]

10. Chris Krebs gofundme site

Found via google search:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/back-chris-krebs-uphold-election-truth/donate?source=btn_story_donate

[slightlv]

11. I'm afraid for Krebs. This has put a huge target on his back..

I admire him for integrity then and now. But whether or not the news keeps a spotlight on him, I fear trump will "disappear" him... if that only means taking him out to the desert and shooting him, themselves. Gods, we are in a hugely bad place right now.

[SupportSanity]

12. I guess Trump isn't Chris Krebs' retribution.

[Bev54]

13. I am sure that he can get a job outside the US

He shouldn’t have to but I am sure he can.