Aaron Barr Talks About DEFCON, Anonymous Attacks 77
Trailrunner7 writes "Finding Aaron Barr at this year's DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas was like a giant game of 'Where's Waldo.' Given the events of the past year, you can hardly blame him for keeping a low profile. First there was the attack on him and his then-employer, HBGary Federal, his decision to part ways with HBGary, his work to rehabilitate his image and turn his personal misfortunes into a 'teaching moment' for the industry, and then the legal wrangling in recent weeks that threw cold water on his plans to take part in a panel discussion about Anonymous at DEFCON. Barr was courted by numerous news outlets at the show, including the mainstream media. But he preferred, for the most part, to keep his own counsel. But he offered his thoughts to Threatpost on the experience of being at the conference, what the attack by Anonymous has done to him and whether it's possible for the group to turn its attentions to more constructive pursuits."
Re:Barr had it coming, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
Now? As if at some point in the past they were different? Are you really that stupid?
There is a reason why mob justice isn't legal, because its never about the fucking justice and always about one group making another group or individual suffer for various reasons of personal gain.
The Internet is not DIFFERENT than anything else, people there are EXACTLY THE SAME as everywhere else.
Just because at one point in the past they were picking on people that you didn't like, doesn't mean they were trying to do something good. You just happen to share a common foe for the moment, nothing more. Stop trying to make some random group of losers on the Internet a romantic fairy tale.