Published: October 23, 2019
Cancelled academic says conference partner knew idea was never formally proposed
The Australian government’s peak cybersecurity agency claimed two speakers were cancelled from the country’s premiere cybersecurity conference because it was suggested they would host a panel with the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, but the Guardian has been told the idea was never formally proposed.
The Guardian reported earlier this month that the former US National Security Agency executive-turned-whistleblower Thomas Drake, along with the Melbourne university academic Dr Suelette Dreyfus, were kicked off the conference agenda in what Drake described as an “Orwellian” move by conference partner the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).
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