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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Travis" title="Matthew Travis">Matthew Travis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Wales" title="Brandon Wales">Brandon Wales</a> (acting)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 15, 2018 – November 15, 2018<br />Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Matthew Travis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Suzanne Spaulding</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 1, 2017 – June 15, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Caitlin Durkovich</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Brian Harrell</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Christopher Cox Krebs</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1977-01-30</span>) </span>January 30, 1977<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 47)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University">George Mason University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Christopher Cox Krebs</b> (born 1977) is an American attorney who served as <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a> from November 2018 until November 17, 2020, when President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's claims of election fraud in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Krebs was born in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-senatehearing_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senatehearing-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">Bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Environmental_science" title="Environmental science">environmental sciences</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> in 1999 and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Scalia_Law_School" title="Antonin Scalia Law School">George Mason University School of Law</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-krebsJD_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krebsJD-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-senatehearing_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senatehearing-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Krebs's professional work has focused on cybersecurity and risk management issues. He served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of <a href="/wiki/Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeland Security">Homeland Security</a> for Infrastructure Protection, and later worked in the private sector as Director for Cybersecurity Policy for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dhsbio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dhsbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cybercop_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cybercop-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-waterisac_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waterisac-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2017, he became Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security. In August 2017, he was appointed Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, and performed the duties of the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs until he was confirmed to that position on a permanent basis on June 15, 2018. In November 2018, the National Protection and Programs Directorate was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency" title="Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a> (CISA), and Krebs remained as director of the agency.<sup id="cite_ref-dhsbio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dhsbio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reported that Krebs was being considered to serve as Acting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a> after the departure of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McAleenan" title="Kevin McAleenan">Kevin McAleenan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although he was reported to be uninterested in the position.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_dismissal">2020 dismissal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2020 dismissal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 12, 2020, it was reported that Krebs expected to be fired from his position; in part, this expectation was due to Krebs's role in creating a CISA website<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to debunk election-related disinformation, much of which was being promoted by President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As CISA's director, Krebs was the "administration's most senior cybersecurity official responsible for securing the presidential election".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Powell" title="Sidney Powell">Sidney Powell</a>, an attorney for Trump and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Flynn" title="Michael Flynn">Michael Flynn</a>, asserted on the <a href="/wiki/Lou_Dobbs" title="Lou Dobbs">Lou Dobbs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Bartiromo" title="Maria Bartiromo">Maria Bartiromo</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> programs that a secret government supercomputer program had switched votes from Trump to Biden in the election, a claim Krebs dismissed as "nonsense" and a "hoax."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 17, 2020, Krebs said in a tweet that "59 election security experts all agree, 'in every case of which we are aware, these claims (of fraud) either have been unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Nakashima_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nakashima-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump fired Krebs via Twitter the same day, because the "recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud". Trump provided no evidence of this fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nakashima_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nakashima-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that month, a lawyer for the Trump campaign, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_diGenova" title="Joseph diGenova">Joseph diGenova</a>, called for Krebs to be "<a href="/wiki/Drawn_and_quartered" class="mw-redirect" title="Drawn and quartered">drawn and quartered</a>. Taken out at dawn and shot". DiGenova's specific criticism was that Krebs "thinks the election went well".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Krebs responded to diGenova's tweet in an op-ed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, saying "I am not going to be intimidated by these threats from telling the truth to the American people."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 8, 2020, Krebs filed a civil lawsuit against diGenova, the Trump campaign, and <a href="/wiki/Newsmax_TV" title="Newsmax TV">Newsmax TV</a>, accusing them of "defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, aiding and abetting, and civil conspiracy". He said that he has received "a barrage of threats and harassment" as a result of diGenova's comments and "faces a genuine risk of imminent harm".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 10, 2021, Krebs suggested that Trump should resign the presidency following the <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">2021 storming of the United States Capitol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private-sector_career">Private-sector career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Private-sector career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving office, Krebs joined former Facebook <a href="/wiki/CISO" class="mw-redirect" title="CISO">CISO</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Stamos" title="Alex Stamos">Alex Stamos</a> at the beginning of 2021 to form Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity consultancy, which quickly landed its first customer, the recently-beleaguered <a href="/wiki/SolarWinds" title="SolarWinds">SolarWinds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Issue_One_–_Council_for_Responsible_Social_Media"><span id="Issue_One_.E2.80.93_Council_for_Responsible_Social_Media"></span>Issue One – Council for Responsible Social Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Issue One – Council for Responsible Social Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2022, Krebs joined the Council for Responsible Social Media project launched by <a href="/wiki/Issue_One" title="Issue One">Issue One</a> to address the negative mental, civic, and public health impacts of <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> in the United States co-chaired by former <a href="/wiki/House_Democratic_Caucus" title="House Democratic Caucus">House Democratic Caucus</a> Leader <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gephardt" title="Dick Gephardt">Dick Gephardt</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Healey" title="Kerry Healey">Kerry Healey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Krebs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Bloomberg<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2021</span>. <q>SolarWinds Corp. has tapped prominent security experts Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos to review its practices after suspected Russian hackers compromised the company's software and conducted a sprawling hack across the U.S. government and private sector. The contract with SolarWinds is the first for a newly formed venture Krebs and Stamos have created together. The Krebs Stamos Group will advise clients on cybersecurity, with a focus on areas including foreign threats and crisis situations. The group will work toward 'national and economic security,' Krebs said in a statement Friday.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=SolarWinds+Taps+Krebs%2C+Stamos+to+Help+Investigate+Hack&rft.date=2021-01-08&rft.aulast=Sebenius&rft.aufirst=Alyza&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2021-01-08%2Fsolarwinds-taps-krebs-stamos-to-help-investigate-hack&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Krebs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHamilton2021" class="citation news cs1">Hamilton, Isobel Asher (January 8, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/solarwinds-hires-chris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-2021-1">"SolarWinds has hired ex-CISA chief Chris Krebs and Facebook's former security lead Alex Stamos months after its huge hack"</a>. Business Insider<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2021</span>. <q>SolarWinds has hired two of the biggest names in cybersecurity, following the gigantic breach, which meant it acted as the gateway for hackers to penetrate US government systems. SolarWinds announced on Thursday it was retaining a new security consulting business founded by Chris Krebs, a former Homeland Security cybersecurity official, and ex-Facebook security chief and Stanford University professor Alex Stamos.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=SolarWinds+has+hired+ex-CISA+chief+Chris+Krebs+and+Facebook%27s+former+security+lead+Alex+Stamos+months+after+its+huge+hack&rft.date=2021-01-08&rft.aulast=Hamilton&rft.aufirst=Isobel+Asher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fsolarwinds-hires-chris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-2021-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Krebs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhittaker2021" class="citation news cs1">Whittaker, Zach (January 8, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/chris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-have-started-a-cyber-consulting-firm/">"Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos have started a cyber consulting firm"</a>. TechCrunch<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2021</span>. <q>Former U.S. cybersecurity official Chris Krebs and former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos have founded a new cybersecurity consultancy firm, which already has its first client: SolarWinds. The two have been hired as consultants to help the Texas-based software maker recover from a devastating breach by suspected Russian hackers. Krebs was one of the most senior cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government, most recently serving as the director of Homeland Security's CISA cybersecurity advisory agency from 2018, until he was fired by President Trump for his efforts to debunk false election claims — many of which came from the president himself. Stamos, meanwhile, joined the Stanford Internet Observatory after holding senior cybersecurity positions at Facebook and Yahoo. He also consulted for Zoom amid a spate of security problems.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Chris+Krebs+and+Alex+Stamos+have+started+a+cyber+consulting+firm&rft.date=2021-01-08&rft.aulast=Whittaker&rft.aufirst=Zach&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Fchris-krebs-and-alex-stamos-have-started-a-cyber-consulting-firm%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Krebs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFeiner2022" class="citation news cs1">Feiner, Lauren (October 12, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/council-for-responsible-social-media-features-haugen-gephardt-hagel-.html">"Facebook whistleblower, former defense and intel officials form group to fix social media"</a>. 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