"People who run things, from corporate CEOs to conference organizers, learn to keep themselves above the fray," said Robert Graham, the CEO of security firm Errata Security in a blog post commenting on the decision. While Moss' request to federal agents can be viewed as a political statement, some people believe that it actually stems from a desire to avoid conflicts during the event. The Snowden affair really only brought to the fore problems that seemed to worsen during the Bush administration, then got quiet with many people feeling that perhaps things will change under President Obama." "While not new, I feel a mood in the hacker community that has resurged to levels I've not seen in years.
The decision by Defcon organizers is indicative of tensions that have been building within the information security community for some time, said Kyle Maxwell, a senior network security specialist at Verizon, in a blog post. Moss said at the time that he had been trying for the past 20 years to get a high-ranking NSA official to speak at the conference. Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. The request came as a surprise to some people, especially since General Keith B. "This will give everybody time to think about how we got here, and what comes next." "I think it would be best for everyone involved if the feds call a 'time-out' and not attend DEF CON this year," he said. "When it comes to sharing and socializing with feds, recent revelations have made many in the community uncomfortable about this relationship," Moss wrote in a blog post titled " Feds, we need some time apart." Moss is known as The Dark Tangent in the hacker community, and is also the chief security officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
However, it's not clear if the contest will run this year, as Defcon founder Jeff Moss asked the "feds" to sit out this year's event.
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