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... "By placing Krebs and SentinelOne in the crosshairs, the President is signaling that cybersecurity professionals whose findings do not align with his narrative risk having their businesses and livelihoods subjected to spurious and retaliatory targeting, the same bullying tactic he has recently used against law firms," the letter reads.

"As members of the cybersecurity profession and information security community, we counter with a strong stand in defense of our professional obligation to report truthful findings, even -- and especially -- when they do not fit the playbook of the powerful. And we stand with Chris Krebs for doing just that."

Trump's beef started in 2020 when Krebs discredited suggestions that electoral fraud was to blame for Joe Biden's victory in that year's Presidential election.

Trump appointed Krebs head of government cybersecurity in 2017 -- a department that a year later became known as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

In effect, Krebs was responsible for US cybersecurity, including the important role of securing the nation's elections. He was fired by tweet after stating at the time that the 2020 election was "the most secure in American history." ...