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He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.

He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.

He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.

Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.

techcrunch.com/2026/11/08/the-ex-secret-service-agent-who-flipped-a-hacker-is-now-raising-a-second-250m-cybersecurity-fund/

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