Alex Stamos
Greek American computer scientist
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| January 2021 | Alex Stamos co-founded Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity consultancy, with former CISA director Chris Krebs. The new firm's first client was SolarWinds, a company that had recently experienced significant cybersecurity challenges. |
| July 2019 | Facebook agreed to pay $100 million to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors about user data misuse during the period of 2015-2018. |
| July 2018 | Facebook notified users about the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting, which had occurred before Stamos's tenure but was known to the company since 2015. |
| March 2018 | Reported departure from Facebook as chief security officer (CSO) following disagreements about addressing Russian disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. |
| 2017 | Delivered a keynote address at Black Hat Briefings, advocating for broadening the definition of security and promoting diversity in the cybersecurity industry. |
| 2015 | Stamos testified before Congress on the complex topics of online advertising, computer security, and data privacy, sharing his expert insights on these critical technological issues. |
| 2015 | Alex Stamos joined Facebook as Chief Security Officer (CSO), co-authoring a whitepaper about social media's potential to be used in election attacks. |
| February 2015 | At a cybersecurity conference hosted by New America, Stamos publicly challenged NSA Director Michael S. Rogers regarding encryption backdoors, demonstrating his stance on digital privacy and security issues. |
| 2014 | Alex Stamos joined Yahoo! as Chief Security Officer (CSO), taking on a significant role in the company's cybersecurity leadership. |
| 2010 | iSEC Partners was acquired by NCC Group. |
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