Snap Taps US Secret Service Director James Murray as Chief Security Officer

He is retiring from the federal law-enforcement agency after 27 years

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Is there a better way for an online platform to demonstrate that it is serious about security than hiring the director of the U.S. Secret Service?

James Murray is retiring from the federal law-enforcement agency after 27 years and joining Snap Inc. as chief security officer, reporting directly to co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel.

A spokesperson for the company said Murray will start Aug. 1 and help ensure the safety and security of its 5,000-plus employees worldwide.

Murray joined the Secret Service in 1995 as a special agent in its New York field office, conducting cyber-enabled financial crimes investigations and serving as the agency’s representative to the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force.

He

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