CENSORED! 666 Mark-of-the-Beast JUKI-net lecture

[Taro Toporific]

Via the "technical speaking" blog...


Japanese Government Bans My Speech
JUKI net is Japan's national ID system. I performed a security audit of the system for Nagano Prefecture one year ago]
Its been a long day. I am greatly disappointed that Soumushou, the Japanese government that maintains JUKI net, prevented me from speaking today at the PacSec security conference. Soumushou prevented my talk by threatening the Japanese event who currently are seeking contracts from the government
The Japanese government gave me two options.
1) Do not talk
2) Drastically change your slides to say what they want me to
When I offered to not use slides at all and give my own opinion they told me that I would not be permitted to speak AT ALL ...more...

[Big Booger]

I don't get it, is that guy/girl Japanese or gaijin? If gaijin, why would they have a gaijin performing a security audit of their system?

[Taro Toporific]

I don't get it, is that guy/girl Japanese or gaijin? If gaijin, why would they have a gaijin performing a security audit of their system?

Gaijin. Named Ejovi Nuwere. He wrote the Harper Collins published book:
Hacker Cracker
A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace
by David Chanoff and Ejovi Nuwere

Book Description

Like other kids in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ejovi Nuwere grew up among thugs and drug dealers. When he was eleven, he helped form a gang; at twelve, he attempted suicide. In his large, extended family, one uncle was a career criminal, one a graduate student with his own computer. By the time Ejovi was fourteen, he was spending as much time on the computer as his uncle was. Within a year he was well on his way to a hacking career that would lead him to one of the most audacious and potentially dangerous computer break-ins of all time, secret until now.

Before he finished high school he had created a hidden life in the hacker underground and an increasingly prominent career as a computer security consultant. At the age of twenty-two, he was a top security specialist for one of the world's largest financial houses.

Hacker Cracker is at once the most candid revelation to date of the dark secrets of cyberspace and the simple, unaffected story of an inner-city child's triumph over shattering odds to achieve unparalleled success.

Imprint: Perennial; ISBN: 0060935812; On Sale: 12/16/2003; Format: Trade PB; Subformat: ; Length: ; Trimsize: 6 x 9; Pages: 272; $12.95; $19.95(CAN)

[Skankster]

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I know that guy from a certain online personality.
I remember when he furst published that book.

I kinda thought he was a poser then.


He has been into the Japan thing for quite some time now.

[Socratesabroad]

I'd be interested to hear what he has to say. Sadly, the Great Chinese Firewall or at least my connection doesn't seem to want to connect to the page. Anyone mine posting it/sending me a copy...

[Taro Toporific]

I'd be interested to hear what he has to say. Sadly, the Great Chinese Firewall or at least my connection doesn't seem to want to connect to the page. Anyone mine posting it/sending me a copy...

BANNED IN JAPAN too! He whimped out and bannedd himself.

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November 15, 2004
Back to work

I have spent way too much time trying to resolve the issue of Soumusho censoring my talk at PacSec. I have clients and staff in America I need to start attending to again. Anyway, I am a little tired, its been a long two weeks. I am in the process of giving the facts, evidence and emails to my lawyers here in Japan and they are providing me with various options. I would really hate to take this issue to court but my options are disappearing as each day passes.

Interesting thing I learned today, the Japanese company that told me I could not present because of Soumusho's request hired a crisis management company the day of my talk and that company told various members of the media that I would be holding a seperate press conference this week. This is interesting because I had no plans to. In fact the day of my talk I was schedualed to leave this Tuesday, how was I supposed to have a press conference? They convinced a television crew from Nagano to leave and possibly others before someone brought it to my attention.

I am preparing now for another conference in Hawaii this January where I will talk about VOIP Security. Lucky for me PTC'05 is not endorsed by the Japanese government.

Posted by Ejovi at 07:01 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 14, 2004
Extending my stay in Japan

Looks like I will be extending my stay in Japan while I try to resolve what has happened this week. I'm hoping it will be done this week. Thanks for all the support and please continue it. If more people speak up, then the powers that be will be convinced that people really DO care about freedom of speech.

Posted by Ejovi at 09:34 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 13, 2004
Some Media Followup...

Japanese media covered the cancellation of my talk yesterday. The two largest newspapers in Japan have both written pieces on it. Asahi Shimbun andMainichi Shimbun.

I am still contemplating what I should do. I've been busy in meetings with various "people of importance" and I will have to make some really critical decisions in the next few days. See what happens.

Posted by Ejovi at 05:30 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
November 12, 2004
My JUKI net presentation

If you are interested in seeing the slides that the Japanese government considered to be unacceptable I have uploaded them. The English Version of my presentation. The Japanese Version of my presentation.

Posted by Ejovi at 03:59 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Japanese Government Bans My Speech

http://www.ejovi.net/archives/2004/11/japanese_govern.html

[JUKI net is Japan's national ID system. I performed a security audit of the system for Nagano Prefecture one year ago]

Its been a long day. I am greatly disappointed that Soumushou, the Japanese government that maintains JUKI net, prevented me from speaking today at the PacSec security conference. Soumushou prevented my talk by threatening the Japanese event who currently are seeking contracts from the government

The Japanese government gave me two options.

1) Do not talk
2) Drastically change your slides to say what they want me to.

When I offered to not use slides at all and give my own opinion they told me that I would not be permitted to speak AT ALL. It is obvious to me that they did not have an issue with my slides or presentation. They were afraid that I would draw attention to problems in JUKI net. Soumushou thinks that they can hide from the issues. They think that if they keep people from speaking about the issues, it will go away. I thought I would be immune from such Japanese government pressures however I underestimated Soumushou's ability to manipulate those around me.

Soumushou's reason for forbidding me to speak was this "Since we are endorsing the convention we have to right to tell you not to speak" if this is the case, the Japanese government needs only sponsor or endorse ANY event in which they don't agree with and force the organizers to change the content. If this is the case Japan will never make any progress towards a safer environment.

What is most upsetting to me is the fact that I HAD NO PLANS TO CRITIZE the Japanese government. My talk was going to be extremely fair and balanced addressing the issues raised by both sides. In fact I invited Soumushou to meet with me directly so that I can address any issues they may have. I told them this on the telephone and by email. Instead they choose to pressure the Japanese representatives of the conference. They never attempted to talk with me directly. Why is this?

If they had issues with something I may say why not ask me about it? Why pressure a company they relies on government contracts? Is this fair? The purpose of my talk was to present both sides of JUKI net security systems. I have no vested interest in seeing it fail or in seeing it succeed. I only wanted to recommend how best to make it safer, how best to improve the system. But Soumushou believed that my recommendations on how to improve its security alone would mean that JUKI net has problems and they refused to admit this. I'm sorry to tell them but it does have security problems. The good news is that the technical issues can be easily resolved. However the greatest problem with JUKI net is not technical but Soumushou's inability to even acknowledge that they exist! How can a system become secure if the Japanese government are not willing to listen to someone who points out issues.

Today was a sad day for Japan and a frustrating day for me.

Posted by Ejovi at 03:07 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (5)
November 09, 2004
Preparing for the Conference

I'm basicly over jetlag now and preparing for the security conference. Apparently a lot of important people are asking questions about what I will say in my presentation. After my presentation I think I will upload my comments so that those of you not in Japan can read it.

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[cstaylor]

Is nobody else covering this? If his audit has uncovered some security holes, shouldn't this be big news?

[Taro Toporific]

Is nobody else covering this? If his audit has uncovered some security holes, shouldn't this be big news?

Ejovi was a paid presenter at the PacSec.204 conference and he whimped out after his own laywers told him to take it ass and collect his check. His conference presentation is private property of JUKI-Net]T.I.J.[/url]

[Socratesabroad]

Taro, cheers for the post
Feel free to ring me up if you're ever in the neighborhood

[Taro Toporific]

Is nobody else covering this? If his audit has uncovered some security holes, shouldn't this be big news?

Japanese officials censor U.S. security critic
By Paul Kallender
IDG News Service, 11/18/04
A U.S. network security expert claimed he was censored by Japanese government officials when he attempted to give a speech in Tokyo last week about problems with the nation's controversial online citizen registry network, called Juki Net.
Ejovi Nuwere, CTO of SecurityLab Technologies, was scheduled to give a presentation on security issues related to Juki Net at the PacSec.JP/core04 security conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12.
Instead, just 30 minutes before he was scheduled to go on stage, Nuwere cancelled his talk after officials from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) demanded that he remove a slide from his presentation that outlined his conclusions about the security of Juki Net. ...more...

[Big Booger]

Is nobody else covering this? If his audit has uncovered some security holes, shouldn't this be big news?

Japanese officials censor U.S. security critic
By Paul Kallender
IDG News Service, 11/18/04
A U.S. network security expert claimed he was censored by Japanese government officials when he attempted to give a speech in Tokyo last week about problems with the nation's controversial online citizen registry network, called Juki Net.
Ejovi Nuwere, CTO of SecurityLab Technologies, was scheduled to give a presentation on security issues related to Juki Net at the PacSec.JP/core04 security conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12.
Instead, just 30 minutes before he was scheduled to go on stage, Nuwere cancelled his talk after officials from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) demanded that he remove a slide from his presentation that outlined his conclusions about the security of Juki Net. ...more...

In the end the strong arm of the government always wins out.. what a bunch of HOG SHIT

[Taro Toporific]

Is nobody else covering this? If his audit has uncovered some security holes, shouldn't this be big news?

In the end the strong arm of the government always wins out.. what a bunch of HOG SHIT

Tuesday 23 November 2004
Censored security critic sues Japan
computerweekly.com/ Nov 23---A US computer security expert is suing the Japanese government for allegedly censoring him at a recent conference.
A law firm representing Ejovi Nuwere, chief technology officer of SecurityLab Technologies, filed the suit for violation of freedom of speech in Tokyo, claiming punitive damages of &#165]...more...[/i]
Nuwere said he had filed the suit because officials had done little or nothing to resolve disagreements about the contents of the speech, despite his offers to try to reach agreement.
According to Shimizu, legal proceedings could take more than a year.