Mr. Evans goes to Washington?!

Gregory D. Evans has tweeted that he will be "testifying .. to congress on Cyber Security and China relations.
 "Testifying next week to congress on Cyber Security and China relations. Go ahead a hate on this!"

If true, this is likely part of an ongoing committee that is examining "Cyber Threats and Ongoing Efforts to Protect the Nation" (see the recent press releases here and here). House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Chairman Mike Rogers and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger headed the committee and heard testimony from several people. The schedule for testimony and hearings is not posted more than a few days in advance, so it is difficult to confirm if his alleged testimony is for this, a different committee, different sub-committee or just his way of saying he will be in a room with a congressperson.

If you feel that Gregory Evans testifying to Congress on computer security is inappropriate given his criminal past, we encourage you to contact the appropriate parties and let them know of Evans' past. Details can be found at http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/gregory_evans/. Please keep correspondence brief, polite and to the point. Congresspeople are busy and receive a lot of correspondance every day.

There are two staffers who are handling the "China and Cyber Security" issue for the committee:

Ethan Weber
Defense Fellow National Security International Affairs Homeland Security U.S. House of Representatives
133 Cannon House Office Building
Washington,  DC 20515-0003
202-225-4872 or 202-225-5820
ethan.weber@mail.house.gov

Diane Rinaldo (for Mike Rogers)
U.S. House of Representatives
133 Cannon House Office Building
Washington,  DC 20515-0003
202-225-4872
diane.rinaldo@mail.house.gov

Feedback / comments can be left for the committee at http://intelligence.house.gov/contact-us.

In addition, you can call any/all of the following:

Contact for HPSCI: Susan Phalen: 202-225-4121

Call Rogers via the Majority Staff office for the Committee:
Majority Staff: 202-225-4121
Minority Staff: 202-225-7690

We need your help: upcoming conferences

We need your help! We have no idea if Greg really has 25 speaking engagements over the next two months, but we do know he has some (because we've found them, see here and here). Use your Google-fu to help us out! Please post in the comments below or tag your tweets with #LIGATTSPEAK. Thanks!

We need your help: Savanna conference

We need your help in identifying this conference that Greg Evans claimed to have attended this past weekend. Given Greg's location in Atlanta, combined with his penchant for misspelling, I suspect that the location is probably Savannah, Georgia. Any information you can provide us is useful in verifying his statements. Additionally, we can make contact with the conference organizers for the next time around. Please post in the comments below or tag your tweets with #LIGATTSPEAK. Thanks!

[CANCELED] LA Talk Radio: Internet Safety For Teens

Name: Internet Safety for Teens (LA Talk Radio show)
Website: http://answers4thefamilyblog.com/internet-safety-for-teend-gregory-evans/
Location: online
Date: September 26, 11AM PST
Evans Information: Special Guest
Contact Information: Comments and suggestions for the show can be made here (note: this form appears to be broken when you try to submit a comment). The hosts of the show are Allen Cardoza and Dr. Melody Foxx. Their bios are available here.

Status: 9/1/2011: I received word from the producer that Evans' appearance has been CANCELED. From the email: "I consider that you have done us a great service." Contact email addresses and phone numbers have been removed.

[CANCELED] 2nd Annual ICT Security Africa Summit

Name: 2nd Annual ICT Security Africa Summit

Website: http://www.mistieurope.com/default.asp?Page=65&ProductID=13227

Location: La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana

Date: September 20-23, 2011

Evans Information: Keynote Speaker

Contact Information: <removed>

Status: As of August 24, Greg Evans is no longer speaking at this conference. WIN.

2011 Techno Forensics Conference

Name: 2011 Techno Forensics Conference
Website: http://www.techno-forensics.com/
Location: Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Date: October 31-November 1, 2011
Evans Information: http://www.techno-forensics.com/session/why-cyber-crime-pays
Contact information: Jane Kirkpatrick +1 (603) 672-9997 ext. 108  jkirkpatrick@viconpublishing.com; Sharon Coddington +1 (603) 672-9997 ext. 107 scoddington@viconpublishing.com

Status: Entry created 8/31/2011. As of August 31, Greg Evans is still on the conference agenda.

Update (from jericho at attrition.org): Evans is a sponsor, and as such gets one speaking slot. A source close to the conference has told attrition.org that upon removing Evans, he resorted to legal threats and they added him back.

ISSA and ISACA are two orgs that are involved and giving out VIP passes for entry. If one of those orgs complained, it may have more weight. In addition, people mailing to complain should indicate if the presence of Evans affected their choice to attend or skip it.

We have sent them mail encouraging them to get payment for the sponsorship up front, before he speaks.

#LIGATTSPEAK is born

The sole purpose of this blog is to collect, track, and publish the speaking engagements of the World's #1 Hacker, Mr. Gregory D. Evans of LIGATT Security. Just in case you wanted to contact a conference and let them know about Mr. Evans' l33t hax0r skills, we felt obligated to provide that information for you.

We rely on people in the community just like you to find information and submit it to us.  Your best bet at this point is to tag your tweets with #LIGATTSPEAK. If necessary, we'll ask for more information.

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