After government hack, media mum on ex-cybersecurity chief highlighted for contradicting Trump's fraud claims

He had called the 2020 election "the most secure in American history" and said there was no evidence of changed, deleted, lost or otherwise compromised votes.RUSSIA HACK CLAIMS: WHAT IS THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY?He garnered a lot of media coverage for contradicting the president, appearing on a slew of television news programs. He even appeared on CBS’ "60 Minutes" in late November, where he was asked about his dismissal.But although the former CISA chief was also at the head of the federal government’s cyberdefense operation, tasked with "securing federal networks" and "protecting critical infrastructure," his name appears to come up less in connection with the breach.On Tuesday, CNN published an op-ed he authored, in which he addressed election integrity and cybersecurity in general but not the type of hacking that befell the federal government under his watch."As I said in a news briefing, Election Day was ‘just another Tuesday on the Internet,’" he wrote. His name did not appear in CNN’s story about CISA and the hack published Thursday.RUSSIA'S SUSPECTED HACKING OPERATION TARGETED 5 US AGENCIES, 18K ENTITITESThe New York Times published an op-ed from former homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert Wednesday that made no mention of Krebs, although he called CISA’s response to the hack "sadly insufficient and woefully too late."Krebs, on Twitter, said he had "the utmost confidence" in CISA’s ability to respond the hack.