Slashdot Mirror
HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down
Gunkerty Jeb writes "Embattled CEO Aaron Barr says he is stepping down from his post at HBGary Federal to allow the company to move on after members of the online mischief making group Anonymous hacked into HBGary Federal's computer network and published tens of thousands of company e-mail messages on the Internet. In an interview with Threatpost, Barr said that he is stepping down to allow himself and the company he ran to move on in the wake of the high profile hack."
This will go down in history as an awesome example of the firepower of the fully armed and operational battlestation.
and rehab, and the blahblahlblah usual excuses that mean "I don't know the first thing about security, but I have insider connections and can con almost anyone, especially other ignorant stupid CEOs. It's been a wonderful, lucrative experience! God bless, see you all in my new venture, securitized subprime mortgage loans!"
And nothing of value was lost...
FLAWLESS VICTORY
Ha. HaHa. HaHaHaHa. Sure, some nasty Anon broke the law here. But if anybody ever had it coming, it was this guy.
I learned this years ago: Don't get into an online pissing contest. Just don't. Both sides inevitably lose.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
You must be thinking of little people rules...
"Stepping down" is basically the corporate-speak equivalent of seppuku. They get rid of his disgraced ass and in return, he gets to pretend he still has some dignity.
He partially owned the company. you can't fire someone like that. you have to buy them out.
Which means he got a nice golden parachute too. Hopefully it was real gold and they kick him out of a large building with it.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
From the argh-tickle.
"By combining a SQL injection attack on HBGary's Web site with sophisticated social engineering attacks"
Uhm. WHAT?
Sophisticated? I wouldn't call a couple of e-mails from a hijacked account asking to back-door a server "sophisticated".
What the HBGary hack was:
Basic SQL Injection
Weak passwords
Password Re-use
SIMPLE social engineering
Your basic molotov cocktail of fail.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
This butthead should be in rehab, not running a "serious" security company...
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real-time.
He partially owned the company. you can't fire someone like that. you have to buy them out.
That depends on how much a portion he owned. If, say, he owned 15% of the shares and the other 85% of the shareholders say GTFO then that's just what he has to do. He'll still own shares but he won't be CEO or what have you.
If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
Emperor Palpatine: "I felt a great disturbance in the dark side, my apprentice, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy and were suddenly heard by those in power. I fear something terrible has happened."
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
>Leavy said that the company's partners had been supportive following the hack. The proposals for Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were simply responses to requests for services that HBGary had received. "HBGary Federal is a services company and they were asked to develop proposals," she told Threatpost.
I see. That fact that the "services" are illegal, immoral, and unethical really doesn't enter in, because they're a service company and this is a service. Sort of like a hit man is just an HR professional specializing in staff reduction services.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
And the money. They always shower them in big piles of money.
god damnit, it's not an "Anonymous" mask it's a Guy Fawkes mask. the historical connection is important as it's apt as all hell.
There should be no reason etc, see you next bonfire.
How was this man allowed to keep his job after his shenanigans were made public?
They couldn't fire him without getting the whole board together and that was cumbersome. Didn't you read the chat logs?
"I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
You know in many ways I'm starting to wonder if the rise of Anonymous could be considered a legitimate political/social phenomena linked to the recession and how people feel increasingly left out of the political process/system because of big money buying our congress' collective ears? Widespread piracy is widely considered by many to be an economic indicator that the market has become too one-sided, maybe this is the political equivalent?
I saw a post suggesting they may be targeting the Koch Brothers for their involvement in the current Wisconsin/multi-state effort to completely bust Unions. Is this finally the people striking back? Not to say I'm not thankful someone's taking the time to respond, but oh what a sad thing it says about humanity that we have to resort to these types of solutions to keep from getting completely steamrolled by the almighty dollar?
You have that backwards. Most likely, he gets all the benefits from "quitting", and would get none for being "fired" (though these days CxOs are so brazen in their greed that their employment contracts probably give them benefits even if they were fired for raping children in the company boardroom).
though these days CxOs are so brazen in their greed that their employment contracts probably give them benefits even if they were fired for raping children in the company boardroom
When did that become a firing-worthy offense for these guys?
I am officially gone from
the only reason it went against scientology is because scientology was attacking random people all over the internet with lawsuits. that is why anonymous fought back.
anonymous is never going to go after drug lords or human traffickers or etc. they go after people who @#$$ with them. The HBGary guy was going after them directly, trying to 'out' them by scraping facebook etc. that is why they went at him.
He shot Alexander Humilton.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
Actually, most people do not care, and if you bring it up, they will shrug it off as if it is something to be expected. For all the high ideals on which our country was founded, most people just do not care, as long as they can get their entertainment and celebrity gossip and whatnot.
Palm trees and 8
So basically, I shouldn't use any freedoms because that might give fuel to someone wishing to limit them?
So gay people, don't be gay or people might forbid it.
A spine, you need one. Or afraid if you get one, people will forbid it?
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Frankly I lost all respect for the guy back when the sonuvabitch shot Alexander Humilton.
They could find and prosecute every single person even tertiarily involved and the hive would simply get stronger.
We are all Anonymous.
Considering where his head is located, I'm amazed that he could get his foot in there too.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.