The timing doesn't support that take, though. Nikolas Sharp (the sole source for these stories) was arrested almost a year ago. Krebs knew then that his sourc

The timing doesn't support that take, though. Nikolas Sharp (the sole source for these stories) was arrested almost a year ago. Krebs knew then that his source was tainted, and he did nothing. Instead he waited until he was months into litigation with Ubiquity (which he's almost sure to lose) to try to backpedal. That's just a straight up violation of journalistic ethics. I think it's very reasonable to demand that our reporters in the security community be clear about their sourcing and prompt about corrections. A "what more do you want from the guy" implies that we shouldn't hold his past actions to account. And... we should. We absolutely should.