Black Hat speaker denied entry into the US

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Black Hat speaker denied entry into the US

03:31 | Martin McKeay | Jul 30th, 2007 11:05am |

Halvar Flake, well-known speaker on reverse engineering, was denied entry into the United States this weekend for his presentation at Black Hat 2007. Halvar had given presentations at Black Hat for the last seven years, but when he tried to gain entry to the US after a 9 1/2 hour flight, he was sent back to Germany due to a mistake he made in the visa process. The chances of him getting a visa and being allowed back into the US in time for his presentation are slim to none.

Tags: Halvar Flake, Black Hat

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One Response to “Black Hat speaker denied entry into the US”

Dan Verton:
July 31st, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Oh well. Tell him to post a video.

At least it shows that the TSA is not discriminating and sticking to the rules, even if it was a mistake. After all, just because you’re in IT security doesn’t make you Ghandi. This tells me the loopholes are closing, slowly but surely.