Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, hosted the so-called cyber symposium in Sioux Falls (S.D.). The event caught fire and crashed-landed on Thursday. It brought three days of boredom and strangeness to an abrupt and unsatisfying end.AdvertisementLindell, a Trump supporter and prominent voter fraud conspiracy theorist was the one who launched the fake-conference to prove that the Don was robbed from the presidency by a group of Deep State goons as well as Chinese hackers. The pillow salesman invited the media, cybersecurity professionals and Trump associates to show that the ongoing allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election were true. Lindell claimed that he had undisputed evidence in the form packet captures, or pcaps. These intercepted network traffic and, when analyzed, would reveal that Chinese hackers had switched Trump's votes to Biden in Dominion Voting System machines throughout the country. These packet captures would eventually lead to Trump's re-instatement as president.Lindell is fortunate that the person he hired to evaluate that data has now admitted it cannot possibly show what it says. Lindell hired several cyber analysts to examine the data and evaluate its validity. Josh Merritt (referred to as the leading cyber expert for pillow salesmen) didn't follow the script.Our team stated that we wouldn't be able to claim that the information is legitimate if it wasn't reliable, Merritt said to The Washington Times on Thursday. The outlet was further informed by Merritt that the data provided could not prove that there had been a cyberattack.Similar to Lindell's revelations, the $5 million reward he offered for any infosec official who could prove his evidence of a conspiracy will not materialize. Merritt told the Times that the offer was no longer in the works.Let's sum it up. There is no mind-bending information, the world remains unchanged, and nobody was paid. There is no need to know much else, but if you are curious, there's more.The symposium's three-day duration was baffling. It became a series alternately boring episodes and bewildering episodes.AdvertisementLindell stated that he was attacked on Thursday morning after returning to his hotel from the previous night. I'm fine. He said that it hurts a bit. It hurts a little, he said. The officer could not provide further details.However, Lindell is not the only one who was slapped by anarchists, regardless of whether or not it actually happened. Dominion Voting Systems is currently suing Lindell for $1.3 Billion. This is the electioneering vendor who was at the heart of the voter fraud claims against the pillow salesman. He apparently got tired of being involved in his paranoiac ravings. On similar grounds, Dominion is also suing Newsmax and OAN as well as Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and other Trump lawyers. This legal trouble seemed to spread to the Sioux Falls event when it was reported that a U.S. Court rejected Dominions lawsuits against Lindell, and other defendants. Lindell appeared to leave the stage just minutes after the news broke. Many outlets reported that Lindell may have been worried about his financial future.AdvertisementLegal problems aside, if this exercise was meant to provide clear and convincing evidence that there was a conspiracy, organizers failed to do so. Not only because of their claims being absurd, but also because the event was impossible to watch. If you want to inform the public about something important, schedule a brief hearing in which you present all facts (just like every police press conference). The 72-hour-long disquisition is not a whirlwind. It weaves in personal narratives, religious sermons, and Jim Garrison-esque conspiracy exposes. Lindell's oratory style, when it is at its best, is akin to bad beat poet and, at its worst akin the dronings a lawnmower.The reward for the brave souls who endured this tedious task was apparently nothing. Robert Graham, a security professional for over 30 years, posted his final assessment via Twitter:AdvertisementIt's there, folks.
