Court Issues Injunction Against Black Hat Speaker

A U.S. court ruling has barred a former Internet Security Systems employee from further disseminating research he has already disclosed on how computer hackers could undermine Internet equipment made by Cisco Systems that is vital to the operation of the Internet. The ruling by a U.S. District Court in San Francisco permanently bars former employee Michael Lynn and the Black Hat conference organization from disseminating, in any form, the presentation Lynn gave at the conference, Internet Security Systems Inc. said in a statement.