Cybersecurity Leader condemns Chris Krebs’ “political persecution” in letter to the president
Industry leaders raise alarm
In a letter to President Trump on April 28, the 40 signatories included prominent voting security experts, computer science professors, tech executives and security researchers, condemned the investigation as an accurate confirmation by Krebs, who believed that the 2020 election was fair and safe.
President Trump appointed Krebs as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in November 2018, until November 2020, when Krebs publicly contradicted Trump’s widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election, “the safest in American history.”
In January 2025, President Trump revoked security permits from 51 former intelligence officials. Subsequently, on April 9, a presidential executive order specifically targeted Krebs and Sentinels, who has served as chief intelligence and public policy officer.
