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Chris Krebs

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Chris Krebs

Christopher Cox Krebs (born 1977) is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 until November 17, 2020, when President Donald Trump fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

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President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Matthew Travis
Preceded by
Caitlin Durkovich
Succeeded by
Brian Harrell
Born
Christopher Cox Krebs (1977-01-30) January 30, 1977 (age 48)Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education
University of Virginia (BA)George Mason University (JD)

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New office
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Government offices
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Government offices
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 2018–2020
Government offices
Succeeded byBrandon Wales
Government offices
New office
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 2018–2020
Succeeded byBrandon Wales

References

  1. CNBC
    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/trump-says-us-cybersecurity-chief-chris-krebs-has-been-terminated.html
  2. "Nomination of Christopher C. Krebs to be Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security"
    https://www.congress.gov/115/chrg/CHRG-115shrg32455/CHRG-115shrg32455.pdf
  3. "Christopher C. Krebs"
    https://www.cisa.gov/christopher-c-krebs
  4. Department of Homeland Security
    https://www.dhs.gov/person/christopher-c-krebs
  5. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/11/16/the-cybersecurity-202-trump-set-to-make-a-new-dhs-agency-the-top-federal-cyber-cop/5bedb9a71b326b3929054867/
  6. Water ISAC
    https://www.waterisac.org/portal/president-trump-signs-law-establishing-dhs-cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency
  7. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702
  8. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/us/politics/trump-homeland-security-secretary.html
  9. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/trump-fires-christopher-krebs.html
  10. FactCheck.org
    https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/bogus-theory-claims-supercomputer-switched-votes-in-election/
  11. "Election Security Rumor vs. Reality"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250130231413/https://www.cisa.gov/topics/election-security/rumor-vs-reality
  12. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/cyber-official-chris-krebs-likely-out-436342
  13. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive-idUSKBN27S2YI
  14. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-fires-dhs-election-official/2020/11/17/97d3fa5c-251c-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html
  15. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/17/us/joe-biden-trump
  16. The Guardian
    https://archive.today/20201201022541/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/nov/30/us-election-joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19-live-updates
  17. HuffPost
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-digenova-chris-krebs-2020-election-threats_n_5fc5a5ddc5b66bb88c69d093
  18. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/christopher-krebs-trump-election-wasnt-hacked/2020/12/01/88da94a0-340f-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
  19. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/briefing/chris-krebs-defamation-lawsuit.html
  20. Axios
    https://www.axios.com/2021/04/11/trump-lawyer-digenova-apologizes-krebs
  21. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/10/krebs-trump-redemption-resignation-457090
  22. Axios
    https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/chris-krebs-miles-taylor-doj-investigation-trump
  23. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-cyber-defenders-shaken-trumps-attack-former-boss-rcna200597
  24. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/chris-krebs-global-entry.html
  25. "SolarWinds Taps Krebs, Stamos to Help Investigate Hack"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/solarwinds-taps-krebs-stamos-to-help-investigate-hack
  26. "SolarWinds has hired ex-CISA chief Chris Krebs and Facebook's former security lead Alex Stamos months after its huge hack"
    https://www.businessinsider.com/solarwinds-hires-chris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-2021-1
  27. "Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos have started a cyber consulting firm"
    https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/chris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-have-started-a-cyber-consulting-firm/
  28. "SentinelOne to acquire cybersecurity consulting firm Krebs Stamos Group"
    https://therecord.media/sentinelone-to-acquire-krebs-stamos-group
  29. "Former cybersecurity agency chief Chris Krebs leaves SentinelOne after Trump targets him in executive order"
    https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/former-cybersecurity-agency-chief-chris-krebs-leaves-sentinelone-after-trump-targets-him-in-executive-order/3724268/
  30. "Facebook whistleblower, former defense and intel officials form group to fix social media"
    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/council-for-responsible-social-media-features-haugen-gephardt-hagel-.html
  31. issueone.org
    https://issueone.org/projects/council-for-responsible-social-media/
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