Published via L: 2014-05-27 16:27:45
Jeff Moss, founder of both the DefCon and Black Hat conferences, and Chris Wysopal, a member of the Black Hat board that reviews presentations, were both skeptical of the move. Wysopal noted that Black Hat talks are taped and sold after the conference, and preventing Chinese hackers from being physically there would not appreciably affect China’s hacking abilities. “It seems symbolic to me,” Wysopal told Reuters of the move. Several Chinese nationals are booked to speak at the Black Hat conference, although none are booked to speak at DefCon.
My Two Cents
The US is denying visas to Chinese Nationals to attend either or both the Defcon and Black Hat conferences. Jeff Moss , the founder of these two conferences is not pleased b/c he sells videos of the sessions anyway. He says this is just a symbolic / political showing by the US. However, I see no reason to make Chinese hackers any better or to enhance their hacking social network any more extensive. I also would DENY their visas for both national interest and symbolic reasons.
