You Call This Working Together?

Coincidental, probably. Embarrassing, definitely. There was a high-ranking official from the U.S. National Security Agency telling attendees at this year's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that security professionals must work with the government to combat cybercrime. Meanwhile, as this internetnews.com story explains...

Noted Black Hat presenter Halvar Flake was denied entry to the U.S. after landing in Detroit and was returned to his native land of Germany. According to a blog post by Flake, he was denied entry due to an issue with his H1B-Visa status.

Good way to cultivate relations with the security/hacker community. Not to worry, though; the NSA already is doing another kind of cultivating -- recruiting the future codebreakers and codemakers of America through its web site, America's CryptoKids.