Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-resignation/senior-u-s-cybersecurity-official-asked-to-resign-amid-trump-transition-tumult-idUSKBN27S2RW
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Krebs has drawn widespread bipartisan praise for his handling of the Nov. 3 U.S. election, which generally ran smoothly despite persistent fears that foreign hackers might try to undermine the vote.
CISA drew the ire of the Trump White House over a website run by the agency dubbed “Rumor Control” which debunks misinformation about the election, according to the three people familiar with the matter.
updated: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-senior-u-s-cybersecurity-official-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-sources-idUSKBN27S2YI?il=0
updated: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-senior-u-s-cybersecurity-official-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-sources-idUSKBN27S2YI?il=0
White House officials have asked for content to be edited or removed from the Rumor Control website, which has pushed back against false claims about the election. CISA officials have refused to delete accurate information. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-senior-u-s-cybersecurity-official-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-sources-idUSKBN27S2YI?il=0
check out the rumor control website: https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol
updated: "In particular, one person said, the White House was angry about a CISA post rejecting a conspiracy theory that falsely claims an intelligence agency supercomputer and program, purportedly named Hammer and Scorecard, could have flipped votes" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-senior-u-s-cybersecurity-official-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-idUSKBN27S2YI?il=0
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