You mentioned gag orders, you should know there's largely no such thing in the US, outside of NSLs which don't apply here. The United States does not have an equivalent of the official secrets act in the UK. In order to be restrained from talking about national security information, you would need to have signed an NDA ahead of time.
The statement about supposed CISA opsec guidelines is equally confusing, can you please cite the specific guidance you're referring to which would keep executives in the dark? I'm pretty familiar with the guidance CISA has issued and I don't believe any such advice has ever been given.
Before an executive would talk to the media about a subject like this, they would absolutely have gotten details from their internal security team.
The statement about supposed CISA opsec guidelines is equally confusing, can you please cite the specific guidance you're referring to which would keep executives in the dark? I'm pretty familiar with the guidance CISA has issued and I don't believe any such advice has ever been given.
Before an executive would talk to the media about a subject like this, they would absolutely have gotten details from their internal security team.