Speaking Engagements2026 UT Law’s Essential Cybersecurity, Privacy, and AI Law
Thomas Barr delivered the keynote presentation, “The XZ Utils Hack: The Boldest Cybercrime Ever Attempted,” at UT Law CLE’s Essential Cybersecurity, Privacy, and AI Law conference on October 21, 2026, at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin. His presentation explored how an unidentified attacker used social and technical engineering to compromise a widely used open-source software package in 2024, highlighting vulnerabilities in the software supply chain and their implications for cybersecurity.