Security Firm HBGary has released the following statement regarding their participation at RSA Conference 2011:

HBGary Statement Regarding RSA Conference 2011

A group of aggressive hackers known as “Anonymous” illegally broke into computer systems and stole proprietary and confidential information from HBGary, Inc. This breach was in violation of federal and state laws, and stolen information was publicly released without our consent.

In addition to the data theft, HBGary individuals have received numerous threats of violence including threats at our tradeshow booth.

In an effort to protect our employees, customers and the RSA Conference community, HBGary has decided to remove our booth and cancel all talks.

HBGary is continuing to work intensely with law enforcement on this matter and hopes to bring those responsible to justice.

Thank you to all of our employees, our customers and the security community for your continued support.

HBGary, Inc.

And thus ends speculation on the topics that they would discuss at their tradeshow appearance.  As discussed in a previous post, the saga of Anon vs. HBGary is one of the wilder exploit stories against an organization at this level in recent memory.  A recent story over at Gawker described one of the FBI’s efforts to infiltrate the notorious Anon group, in a raid of a 19 year old woman’s home, computers and media.  It’s an interesting interview with the woman and illustrates some of the continued difficulties in investigating this group.