'CSI: Cyber' Season 2 News: Thousands Reacted Since 'CSI: Cyber' Actors In The RSA Conference Keynote Lineup
San Francisco will welcome thousands of cyber security professionals at the end of February for the RSA Conference, and those who are coming reacted when the news broke out that actors from "CSI: Cyber" are among the conference's keynote lineup.
According to RSA Conference website, three of the speakers in the upcoming RSA Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco are Anthony E. Zuiker, the creator and producer of the "CSI" franchise, and actors Charley Koontz and Shad Moss from "CSI: Cyber." When the news that the "CSI: Cyber" team will have a panel at the conference, a lot of cyber security experts took their exasperation to Twitter.
Engadget said that one annoyed attendee said that RSA went into the I'm-not-a-doctor-but-I-play-one-on-TV route, instead of discussing more "pertinent" industry concerns. The website also pointed out that it would have been helpful if it was Patricia Arquette who'll speak at the conference since looking at the list of speakers, only one of them is a woman. One Twitter user even said, "@GalinaAntova @gattaca if they wanted to get celebrity hackers they should gotten Rami Malek and Mr. Robot #celebrityhackers." It appears that "CSI:Cyber" doesn't have a lot of fans among the computer security world.
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"CSI: Cyber" has been a target of a lot cyber experts since the website said that the series shows "inaccurate portrayals, farfetched and fake hacks, and bare-faced sensationalism." The show has been made fun by the cyber security professionals on social media, and having the actors in the RSA conference will probably not help the show.
Meanwhile, a synopsis of the upcoming episode of "CSI: Cyber," which is titled "Gone Viral," has been posted on KSite TV, and it reads, "When residents of New York City cannot reach the police when calling 911, the Cyber team realizes this is an airborne computer virus that is infecting cell phones and must find the hacker responsible. Also, D.B. meets a woman (Kelly Preston) after responding to a text she sent by mistake."
"CSI: Cyber" was written by Pam Veasey and was directed by Maja Vrvilo. Guest stars include Kelly Preston as Greer Latimore, David Salsa as Eric O'Brien, Mitchell Ryan Miller as Leo Finch, Nikiva Dionne as Connie Abbott, David Burke as Clayton Carver, Chris Mulkey as Mayor Cavanaugh, and Hugh Holub as Darryl Ford.
Watch "CSI: Cyber" season 2 episode 12 will air this Jan. 31 on CBS.
