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Twitter is the latest tech giant losing its security chief
A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed that the company's chief information security officer Michael Coates, who joined in 2015, is leaving. As first reported by the The Verge, he announced the move internally three weeks ago and is leaving to start his own company.
Russian authorities arrest Kaspersky researcher for high treason (updated)
Security researcher Ruslan Stoyanov from Russia's Kaspersky Labs was arrested for treason last December. According to Russian newspaper Kommersant (translated), Stoyanov was taken in for breach of Article 275 of the Crimes Against the Fundamentals of the Constitutional System and State Security. The specifics of why aren't exactly clear, however. Kaspersky has issued a statement saying that the arrest had nothing to do with Stoyanov's work at the Lab, and didn't offer any information beyond the following:
