While I don't have immediate first-person knowledge, the event and decisions were widely reported at the time. https://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-

While I don't have immediate first-person knowledge, the event and decisions were widely reported at the time. https://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-booted-off-akamai-network-after-ddos-attack-proves-pricey/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-booted-off-a... -- note the quote, in particular https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/26/google_shields_krebs/ https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/26/google_shields_krebs/ -- "could no longer shield the site without impacting paying customers" Krebs's own post from the time does not reference the business decisions, only the technical aspects: https://web.archive.org/web/20160922124922/http://krebsonsecurity.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160922124922/http://krebsonsec...