Noted speaker, Mikko Hypponen, cancels RSA talk in protest to NSA collaboration allegations

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In a letter to Joseph Tucci, and Art Coviello, F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen says he is canceling his talk at the 2014 RSA Conference, due to the company’s deal with the NSA.

Mikko Hypponen, a widely known security expert and speaker, has given many presentations at the RSA Conference over the years. However, his talk scheduled for the 2014 RSA Conference in February, “Governments as Malware Authors” isn’t going to happen.

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