Nightwing CEO has a Labor Day message for staff – and apparently The Register
- ID
- 22102
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 07 Sep 2026, 10:43 PM
- Fetched
- 08 Sep 2026, 12:03 AM
- Provider
- The Register
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/07/nightwing-ceo-has-a-labor-day-message-for-staff-and-apparently-the-register/5294819
- Source URL
- https://www.theregister.com/headlines.atom
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 08 Sep 2026, 12:05 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
Nightwing CEO Bob Coleman accidentally sent an internal Labor Day appreciation email to The Register's media distribution list instead of staff. The cybersecurity and intelligence contractor, spun out of Raytheon in 2024, prides itself on secure communications, making the mailing list error particularly ironic.
Why it matters
This is a humorous anecdote with no practical takeaway for builders; even a security-focused contractor can make basic operational errors, but there is nothing here that changes what you should build, buy, or decide.
Discussion angle
A quick laugh break: even companies whose brand is 'secure communications' can't reliably manage a distribution list — a reminder that process errors often beat technical flaws.