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It's interesting that they submitted a paper for a talk at BLACK HAT USA 2021 but were rejected [0]. Looks like geopolitics (and politics) has permeated every a
by Jerry2 5y ago
It's interesting that they submitted a paper for a talk at BLACK HAT USA 2021 but were rejected [0]. Looks like geopolitics (and politics) has permeated every aspect of technology.
[0] https://twitter.com/h0t_max/status/1397441062705057793 https://twitter.com/h0t_max/status/1397441062705057793
- azinman2 5y agoWhat was the specific geopolitics here? That tweet didn’t give any real info.
- ENOTTY 5y agoPositive Technologies has had sanctions imposed on them by the US Government
- azinman2 5y agoWell, that doesn’t sound very positive! Thanks
- hosteur 5y agoWhy?
- j16sdiz 5y agoIt was involved in SolarWind attack.
- trasz 5y ago[citation needed]
- hulitu 5y agoThe russians did it. (this is the citation). If everybody says that it must be true :)
- AdamJacobMuller 5y ago17 intelligence agencies agree!
- ENOTTY 5y agoFrom the US Treasury press release announcing the sanctions: > Positive Technologies is a Russian IT security firm that supports Russian Government clients, including the FSB. Positive Technologies provides computer network security solutions to Russian businesses, foreign governments, and international companies and hosts large-scale conventions that are used as recruiting events for the FSB and GRU.
- userbinator 5y agoIt's Sklyarov. Personally, if I were him, I wouldn't be going anywhere near the USA again.
- londons_explore 5y agoI'd guess that amongst tens of thousands of submissions their paper didn't stand out as much as it should have.