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LateChannelson Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk

But it was not classified and they had done the talk at a different conference. According to the article they got a message an hour earlier about not open sourcing it, which they did not do it looks like.

LateChannelson Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk

On the spot, At defcon, 30k people. Anyone at Salesforce wanna talk about what's going on? Make a throwaway, use opsec. What are your opinions on this? What is your opinion of Jim as your leader?

LateChannelson Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk

They got fired right after the talk, looks like the person on the other end took it too seriously.

LateChannelson Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk

Looks like the executive who messaged them 30 mins before took it personally that they ended up presenting even though he asked them not to so he fired them. Otherwise it makes no sense to fire people right after they finish their talk, unless of course you got an ego to show.

Either way Salesforce really fucked up here.