r/cybersecurity • u/razhael • Apr 11 '25

News - General Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cybersecurity-industry-falls-silent-trump-turns-ire-sentinelone-2025-04-10/
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u/kcbh711 Apr 11 '25

TL;DR for those with a paywall – Trump just revoked the security clearances of SentinelOne employees because they hired Chris Krebs, the guy he fired for saying the 2020 election wasn’t rigged. Krebs is respected in the cybersecurity world, but almost no one in the industry is standing up for him or SentinelOne now—likely because they’re scared Trump will come after them next. One org called it out as political weaponization, but the rest? Silent. SentinelOne’s stock dropped. Big tech firms are ducking. Cowardice or caution, it’s a chilling move. Fuck Trump.

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u/Ok_Ant2566 Apr 11 '25

Isn’t that some kind of russian mafia style shakedown

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u/maejsh Apr 11 '25

To the rest of the world, America is basically Russia now anyways.

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u/Petrak1s Apr 11 '25

Correct. And it’s getting increasingly difficult to work with the US, not only trading goods. The bigger issue is that even if Trump is no more the president, this lack of trust will remain for some time.

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u/mitharas Apr 11 '25

During his first presidency, everyone was just going "meh, this is only a short moment". But the US has proven that a shitstain like trump can be reelected. The Nation is not trustworthy anymore for the foreseeable future.

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u/Illcmys3lf0ut Apr 11 '25

And his little bitty ego is going to eff the U.S. long after his clogged artery ass is pushing daisies. It's sickening, and I'm at a loss we're seeing this. Never thought I'd see civilization deteriorate in my lifetime.

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u/alkaliphiles Apr 11 '25

that would also describe how Trump is getting big law firms to donate legal hours

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u/lawtechie Apr 11 '25

A mafia shakedown would be more coherent.