HBGary Federal Forces Aaron Barr Out of DEFCON

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."

Re:If they're not operating illegally

[todrules]

Unless the attorneys at HBGary can see the future, they don't know what he is going to discuss. How do they know he'll be blabbing about trade secrets? Who knows, he could just go up on stage and start cracking jokes about nothing for the entire time, and that, he has every right to do.

Was it wise ?

[unity100]

HBGary morons threatened a panelist out of a defcon conference.

as much as i came to learn the hackers from these events, such an act in hacker language has the meaning of 'come fuck me'.

these idiots will never learn.