MGT Hires Gary Miliefsky and Vinny Troia to Tactical Advisory Boards

MGT Capital Investments, Inc (NYSE MKT:

) revealed the hiring of Gary Miliefskyto its Emerging Large Scale Systems Advisory Board, and Vinny Troia to its Hacker Advisory Board, effective immediately. The proposed Executive Chairman and CEO, John McAfee, commented, "The technical talents and access to the press that Gary and Vinny provide as members of our strategic advisory boards will help facilitate the release of our products and generate greater awareness of these products in the minds of potential customers." He continued to say that "The addition of Gary and Vinny to our strategic advisory boards nearly rounds out the staffing of these boards. I have great respect for both men and look forward to working with them and the other members of the team that we have assembled. There is no greater cyber security talent pool in any company on the planet." According to the company, Miliefsky is the CEO of SnoopWall, Inc. and co-inventor of its innovative breach prevention technologies. He was an expert in cyber-security and a frequent invited guest on national and international media as an expert on mobile privacy. The company indicated that Troia was the CEO of Night Lion Security. Before founding Night Lion, he worked for seven years as a security consultant with the US Department of Defense. Troia was a frequent guest on CNBC and Fox News. The stock traded 4.65 percent down on Monday.