Security Fix: HOPE Speaker Arrested by the Feds
Security Fix just learned that Steven Rambam, the owner and CEO of Pallorium Inc., a company that bills itself as the largest privately held online investigative service in the United States, was arrested this afternoon by FBI agents just moments before he was to lead a panel discussion on privacy here at the HOPE hacker conference in New York City.
Details are sketchy at the moment, but Rambam’s fellow panelists said four men clad in dark blue FBI jackets quietly entered the auditorium, asked Rambam if he had any weapons on him, and then escorted him out the door along with his laptop and other equipment that contained the PowerPoint slides that were to make up the bulk of his scheduled two-hour presentation. [Further info]
7/24 – Update: FBI Charges HOPE Speaker with Witness Tampering, Obstructing Justice