Chris Krebs was widely credited with forging ties between the government and the private sector during his two-year tenure. Those ties are now under threat after he was fired Tuesday by President Trump, lawmakers and business executives say.
Chris Krebs has repeatedly said the presidential election was secure from tampering or rigging, and he was vocal in refuting disinformation about the results that was shared by President Trump.
Katie Paxton-Fear, one of the rare women working in the cybersecurity field, has done ethical hacking—bug-bounty hunting—for just over a year. So far, she’s found vulnerabilities at the U.S. Defense Department and the U.K. Royal Air Force, and in plenty of corporate systems.
Businesses could be forced to adopt strict encryption practices and ensure the personal data of Europeans can’t be decrypted if companies move that information to the U.S. and other countries outside the EU, the draft rules said.
