How Matt Harrigan lost his job at Facebook? Big tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook chose to maintain order after Donald Trump won the US election. So a CEO of a San Diego security company called PacketSled found himself out of a job when he threatened to kill the newly elected Democratic president on Facebook.
Unfortunately, his brazen and aggressive behavior targeting Donald Trump soon made its way to Reddit and from there began appearing in various media outlets, which challenged PacketSled to put its CEO in his place.
“I’m going to kill the president-elect,” Matt Harrigan wrote on his personal Facebook page, adding many other cosmetic epithets.
When Harrigan saw the extent of his posts, he apologized in a post on the PacketSled website, downplaying the threats as a "joke.".
My recent comments on Facebook were a joke, in the context of a larger conversation, which was only private. Anyone who knows me, knows that I do not engage in rhetoric of this nature…. I apologize if anything I said was taken seriously, was offensive, or caused legitimate concern.
Best wishes, Matt Harrigan
Harrigan's apology was removed from PacketSled's website, and the company said in a statement that the board of directors "has accepted the resignation of President and CEO Matthew Harrigan, effective immediately."
“We want to be very clear: PacketSled does not tolerate the comments made by Mr. Harrigan, which do not reflect our views or those of the company, employees, investors or partners,” the statement further said.
Ironically, PacketSled specializes in “monitoring advanced threats and breaches.”
