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Krebs is at every other conference. His leadership of CISA, his novelty socks, his pineapple pizza jokes, and his dramatic Nov. 2020 standoff with Trump have all contributed to making him something of a cyber mascot. The typical journalistic cliche is "widely respected."

As for the industry, it often casts itself as fighting to defend democracy from election hackers & foreign disinfo. Surely punishing Krebs for defending the truth about America's elections - and punishing @sentinelone.com for the 'offense' of having hired him - would draw public indignation, right?

Well, turns out not so much. Let's start with Krebs' former employer, Microsoft. Microsoft's President Brad Smith told Congress in 2021 that: "There is no value that is more fundamental and timeless in our country than our commitment to democracy." blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...