Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO, 1Password

The federal government contractor admits it made multiple mistakes in the hiring and firing of Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter.

Jim Dolce, CEO, Lookout

Researchers warn that half of the exposed vulnerable instances remain unpatched as in-the-wild exploitation grows rapidly.

A debate over actual exploitation is muddying response efforts. Multiple researchers say they’ve observed working proof of concepts while others assert evidence of attacks is lacking.

Nate Beach-Westmoreland, Head of Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence at Booz Allen

Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter previously pleaded guilty to hacking into the State Department and other cybercrimes in 2015.

Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO, QuSecure

Jason Pufahl, VP of Security Services, Vancord

The security vendor said the attack, which exposed customers’ firewall configuration files, is contained and unrelated to recent Akira ransomware attacks on its customers.