Aaron Barr has continued to make a name for himself. As CEO and minority shareholder of HBGary Federal, he could not simply be fired, but he stepped down from the firm a few weeks after the break-ins.

Within a couple of months of his departure from HBGary Federal, Barr had taken a position as "cybersecurity director" at federal contractor Sayres and Associates. During his tenure at the company, he continued to raise eyebrows.

Hoping to capitalize on his own infamy, Barr was scheduled to speak at the DEFCON conference last August. Shortly before the conference was due to take place, however, he withdrew, claiming that he had been threatened with legal action. In October, he dyed his hair blue and visited the Occupy Wall Street protests.