[ISN] HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Quits Due to Anonymous Attack

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Quits-Due-to-Anonymous-Attack-325042/

By Fahmida Y. Rashid
eWEEK.com
2011-03-01

The embattled CEO of HBGary Federal has resigned his post three weeks 
after Anonmyous hacked into the company’s network and stole thousands of 
e-mail messages. The ease Anonymous conducted the attack left the 
company that provides security services to the federal government 
red-faced.

CEO Aaron Barr told Threatpost on Feb. 28 that he’s stepping down to 
help the company regain its reputation and to improve his own.

"[G]iven that I’ve been the focus of much bad press, I hope that, by 
leaving, HBGary and HBGary Federal can get away from some of that. I’m 
confident they’ll be able to weather this storm," Barr told Threatpost.

HBGary Federal declined comment.

At least one member of Anonymous saw it as a victory. “Aaron Barr has 
quit! Join our party on IRC,” Topiary, an Anonymous “supporter” posted 
on Twitter. “It seems Aaron’s fate currently lies in a trash can, 
reminiscing of the times he thought he took down Anon,” Topiarty added, 
referring to a “Where will Aaron Barr be in 6 months time?” online poll. 
The comments left on AnonNewsSite were far more gleeful. “At least we 
destroyed him in anonymous style,” wrote one commenter.

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