Former HBGary Federal CEO Barr regroups after Anonymous

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220832/Former_HBGary_Federal_CEO_Barr_regroups_after_Anonymous

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
October 13, 2011

One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far 
away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which 
waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted 
in his resignation.

Barr, who is now director of cybersecurity for a company called Sayres 
and Associates, dyed his hair blue and mingled with protesters on Wall 
Street on Sept. 17, an action coordinated by Anonymous, the loose 
collective known for its cyber -- and increasingly in-person -- 
protests.

"That's fascinating to me," said Barr, a former Navy cryptologist who 
worked in intelligence, and spoke to IDG News Service on the sidelines 
of the RSA conference in London. "I see an immense parallel between what 
is happening right now and the protest movements of the '60s."

Attending the demonstration might seem like a bold move for Barr, who 
was the victim of a fierce retribution campaign on the part of the group 
in February. At the time, Barr was CEO of HBGary Federal, a small 
security company. He had been tracking members of Anonymous and planned 
to expose members of the group during a talk at the Security B-Sides 
conference in San Francisco that month.

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