Former cyber official targeted by Trump speaks out after cuts to digital defense

Chris Krebs, the former government cybersecurity leader whom President Donald Trump targeted for investigation for affirming the integrity of the 2020 election, said he was "outraged" Monday at the Trump administration's gutting of cyber personnel. The comments are the first Krebs has made in public since Trump directed the Justice Department to take action against him. Getting applause from a generally reserved crowd of industry professionals at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, a cybersecurity conference, Krebs criticized the second Trump administration for its repeated cuts to cybersecurity employees, contractors and programs.

"Cybersecurity is national security. We all know that, right? That's why we're here. That's why we get up every morning and do our jobs.



We are protecting everyone out there. And right now, to see what's happening to the cybersecurity community inside the federal government, we should be outraged. Absolutely outraged.

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Kevin Collier.