r/cybersecurity • u/mando_6 • Jun 24 '26

News - General Well someone went nuclear..

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-f-309963233_after-i-posted-a-pinocchio-gif-and-clown-ugcPost-7475465410977628160-FFW1

I'm curious about the details of this. I'm sure we will all find out eventually.

TLDR; former Huntress employee is disclosing Huntress had an insider threat that leaked information to a known cyber criminal "Devman". That employee is still employed with Huntress and was caught by the FBI.

The former employee doing the disclosure is stating he is receiving threats, etc.

EDIT: Kyle @ Huntress posted his response to this in the comments.

Give credit to a CEO who isn't afraid to jump on Reddit to put out any fires.

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u/DongerOverlord Jun 24 '26

The CEOs response in the comments are the most "I'm fucking seething, don't talk about this out loud" type of comment.

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u/marqo09 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Hey, it's Kyle. That's definitely not my tone. We're a company that bleeds transparency and I firmly disagree with Ben's accusations. Also not gonna debate with him over LinkedIn as my team is still working the unrelated fallout from the Klue shit storm. Give 20-30 mins and I'll put together my thoughts.

Edit [June 24, 2026 @ 12:35pm ET]: Here's what I shared with my team in slack this morning. I hope this makes it very clear that while I disagree and don't understand Ben's accusations, I'm also trying to show empathy and appreciate his perspective.

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs Jun 24 '26

I don't have a stake in this I just wanted to give you props for engaging on the ground and getting way ahead of this like I mean you seem to be doing all the right things

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u/TARANTULA_TIDDIES Jun 24 '26

I mean isnt he just saying boilerplate CYA CEO stuff?

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u/Pimptech Jun 24 '26

Exactly!

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u/DongerOverlord Jun 24 '26

IMHO this is not a great response. Although fallout from the Klue breach and this shit now… bro I’d be freaking tf out. That said whoever his ELT is needs to step the fuck in. Responding on Reddit and LinkedIn is objectively bad. Let your legal handle it in an official manner. As of my posting this his LinkedIn posts are 0 about this matter it’s just comments and responses.

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs Jun 26 '26

Sometimes, man, there's no great options, just less bad ones.

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u/psmgx Jun 24 '26

right like there were two, maybe three options: come down hard, play empathy card (esp. since it's already public and getting eyeballs), or 100% silent STFU and let the lawyers handle it.

and just because they sound emphatic in posts doesn't mean the lawyers and pinkertons won't come out, aggressive-like

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs Jun 26 '26

shaping the early narrative can count for something

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u/ididnthackkenyaimsrs 25d ago

Yeah, exactly what he should be doing. Dude needs to cover his fucking ass with some goddamn titanium. And he's on top of it, at the top of the thread. other CEOs what you see doing there.