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SolarWinds hires ex-Homeland Security officer Chris Krebs as consultant
- sperm 6y agoNot to be confused with Brian Krebs, pop-sec blogger
- ls612 6y agoAre they related at all? Krebs isn’t that common a last name
- Hamuko 6y agoThey are not. https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1326991996758740994 https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1326991996758740994
- waterhouse 6y agoHmm, seems more common than you might expect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krebs#People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krebs#People A mildly interesting website ranking last names: https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/ https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-la...
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI think the title should be changed, I was misled, for one.
- dang 6y agoOk, we've added a 'Chris' to the title above.
- gigel82 6y agoThe choice of word "victim" is interesting... PR engines full steam ahead I guess.
- dang 6y agoOk, we've removed the 'victim' from the title above.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoKrebs was the director of CISA at the time of the attacks, arguably the US agency responsible for preventing such attacks. I'm sure he'll do better for them in the private sector.
- waihtis 6y agoChris Krebs is a policy guy by background and I don't see why he is a particularly good choice for a massive post-exploit cleanup, except for PR purposes.
- senectus1 6y agoi guess they're looking for some painful home truths then.