A short excerpt from today's long decision by Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida in Hadnagy v. Moss (W.D. Wash.): This case involves a defamation claim brought by Plaintiff, a past participant of the Def ...
Last week, the 21st annual DEF CON hacker conference opened its doors to over 15,000 attendees - and when registration ran out of badges, they issued paper badges to the overflow crowd. In a course ...
Raucous applause filled the the large convention room inside Las Vegas's Paris casino: the government had arrived. Seated behind a table at the annual DEF CON conference in Las Vegas was Congressman ...
Now in its 21st year, DEF CON is America's flagship hacker conference - a place where hackers, security researchers, corporate recruiters, digital frontier legal eagles and law enforcement have ...
Nurse your hangover with the Hackaday and Tindie crews as we host the 5th Annual Breakfast at DEF CON. Everyone knows the days at DEF CON are long, and the nights are longer. Whether you’re just ...
Def Con recently celebrated its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, the famed hacker conference welcomed something it had strictly policed in prior years: A film crew. This year, Def Con creator ...
The fallout from DEF CON organizers’ decision to ask the feds to stay away from this year’s event has been mixed–and predictable. For over two decades DEF CON has been an open nexus of hacker culture, ...
This year was the first run of the Tamper Evident Village. The village has a variety of tamper evident devices, including tapes, stickers, and seals. Volunteers provided tools, solvents, and ...
A series of tweets sent me and other Def Con attendees scrambling to get to the Caesers Palace pool as quickly as possible. I cut short a conversation, shoved my gear in my bag and ran out of the ...