BrianKrebsFeb 8, 2025

I've started posting on LinkedIn all the unconstitutional shit Trump and Musk are doing to undermine the security and integrity of our government. Mainly because that crowd needs to hear it most. It's incredible how many people in the infosec space are still defending the actions of DOGE and its dear leader(s). And they're not all crypto bros and AI peddlers; we're talking about people in some pretty important roles, tech-wise.

But at least when they reply with the inevitable "stay in your lane" or "I used to like you when you stayed out of politics," they are on record as complicit and totally okay with what is going on.

Show threadSiberCecurityFeb 8, 2025
@briankrebs I wonder if those people in important roles are being such enablers because they are afraid they'd get flak from any witch hunt that might happen (ex: FBI agents on J6 case) or they are kissing ass to get in good terms with the new king.
Or maybe that's just my way of lying to myself about the amount of shitty people this world is riddled with.
Show threadKool Depeche Moe DeeFeb 9, 2025

@sr3 @briankrebs in my view you don’t get to be CISO in traditional industry or software or whatever without being a blocker/enabler for the growth-at-all-costs mindset. The seceng who believes the work they do is to protect the customer never makes CISO. The MBA who is a good “yes man”, will cover and obfuscate for the product teams, and plays politics gets the C suite ticket.

Their personalities are such that they’ll always go along to get along to keep climbing the ladder.

Show threadGerbrand van Dieyen
@eviljarred @sr3 @briankrebs it scares me, the people falling in line. And what are the consequences of not agreeing ot having an opposing view
Feb 9, 2025 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadSiberCecurityFeb 9, 2025
@gerbrand @eviljarred @briankrebs if you're ever reading about a historic event where you go: "how come such a small group of people managed to make such a large group of people commit something so horrible?"
It was this. More then being a collaborator, it's being complacent.
Show threadGerbrand van DieyenFeb 9, 2025
@sr3 @eviljarred @briankrebs On my LinkedIn I came across this rather exchange of message. Troubling is the amount of people not only agree with John, but also stating apologizing statements on Elon. #scala
Show threadSiberCecurityFeb 9, 2025

@gerbrand @eviljarred @briankrebs Notice his choice to speak out, to reply to. It wasn't of a trump or musk support, quite the opposite.
That was a choice.

And then pretending "they" are bringing politics into everything while he's just trying to live his apolitical life in peace. The poor thing.

Show threadGerbrand van DieyenFeb 9, 2025
@sr3 @eviljarred @briankrebs if there's some discourse about ai regulation, privacy laws, finance of it tech no one complains about the need to be 'apolitical'.