Rep. William Hurd (R-Texas) is a former CIA field operative and an expert in the field of Information Technology and Security. It makes sense that someone skilled in cybersecurity and politics would make a great speaker at a cybersecurity conference like Black Hat. So, Hurd was invited to speak at the conference, and one day later was disinvited. It seems the Social Justice Leftists were outraged that a Pro-Life congressman with a pro-life voting record would speak on cybersecurity.
According to a statement released by Black Hat, “Black Hat has chosen to remove U.S. Representative, Will Hurd, as our 2019 Black Hat USA Keynote.