Two well-known cybersecurity experts have been disinvited from speaking at CyberCon, Australia’s largest cybersecurity conference. Organizers say they did so at the request of a partner, the Australian Signals Directorate. Thomas Drake, the NSA whistleblower whose ultimate firing contributed to Edward Snowden’s decision to leak classified information about mass surveillance programs to journalists. The other speaker, Dr. Suelette Dreyfus, was due to deliver a talk on secure and anonymous digital drop boxes as an anti-corruption tool.”]
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