Def Con, a prominent hacking conference, has announced the ban of three individuals associated with the late Jeffrey Epstein from attending the event. The banned individuals include hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, along with former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito. This decision follows revelations of their connections with the convicted sex offender.
The conference’s move to prohibit the attendance of Holman, Iozzo, and Ito stemmed from information disclosed in the Department of Justice’s recent files related to the Epstein investigation. Additionally, Politico published an article detailing emails exchanged between the trio and Epstein, prompting Def Con’s action to exclude them from the conference.
In response to the ban, a spokesperson for Iozzo stated that Def Con’s decision was perceived as performative, emphasizing that Iozzo had minimal conference participation over the past two decades and had not engaged in any wrongdoing warranting the ban.
Notably, this development comes shortly after cybersecurity conferences Black Hat and Code Blue removed Iozzo from their review board pages due to emerging revelations tying him and others to Epstein.
While Def Con, Holman, and Ito have yet to comment on the ban, the cybersecurity community continues to grapple with the implications of such individuals being associated with Epstein.
Source: TechCrunch