Former HBGary Federal CEO bows out of DEFCON talk
Former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr has backed out of a scheduled appearance at next weekend's DEFCON hacker conference after attorneys from his former company threatened legal action.
Barr withdrew Wednesday from the Aug. 6 panel discussion after attorneys representing HBGary Federal threatened to file a legal injunction against him if he did not back out immediately, according to Kaspersky Lab's security blog, Threatpost.com, which first reported the news.
Barr was scheduled to participate in a presentation, titled “‘Whoever Fights Monsters...' Aaron Barr, Anonymous, and Ourselves," alongside Joshua Corman, research director at consultancy The 451 Group, and "Jericho" of Attrition.org. The panel, scheduled to be moderated by Paul Roberts, editor for Threatpost.com, promises to offer a “heated” discussion about issues relating to recent attacks by hacktivist groups such as Anonymous.
