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HBGary Federal Forces Aaron Barr Out of DEFCON

Posted by samzenpus on from the we'd-rather-you-not-say-anything dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr says he will withdraw from a planned appearance at the DEFCON conference in the face of threatened legal action over his plans to take part in a panel discussion there. Barr notified DEFCON organizers on Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the Aug. 6 panel discussion after attorneys representing HBGary Federal threatened to file an injunction against him if he did not withdraw from the panel immediately. The incident is just the latest in a series of conflicts between Barr and HBGary Federal following attacks by the anarchic hacking group Anonymous on February 5."

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  1. Aaron Barr lives another day... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can only imagine what would happen if he were to get up on stage and start speaking about security practices..

    1. Re:Aaron Barr lives another day... by jojoba_oil · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I can only imagine what would happen if he were to get up on stage and start speaking about security practices..

      That's just the thing. Security isn't his specialty, or the specialty of most of the "security" industry. They deal in exploits and writing trojans.

      Think of them like you think of the US Department of Defense. Again, dealing with the complete opposite of what the name implies.

  2. If they're not operating illegally by cosm · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...what do they have to hide? Whats good for the goose is good for the...oh fuck it. Who am I kidding. That ideology hasn't applied for years when in comes to revolving door deals between the Feds and Corps. vs. The People.

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    'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF