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    MePerson: Oh look, an ATM in the middle of a hallway at a hacker convention! This must be safe! [/sarcasm] more »
    GladysSparta: "The infamous DefCon hackers convention is going on in Las Vegas right now." Date fail. Defcon was last Thursday - Sunday. more »
    SysRq: I wouldn't trust a hooker at DefCon. She may end up being a botnet. more »
    OCEntertainment: "And if there were a little man inside just nabbing people's debit cards, it would have been even funnier." The salad days are over for Kenny Baker. S... more »
    Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea: i read this article on google wanted to tell somebody here on giz but not sure if im allowed or it would even be picked up. im thinking i have to be a... more »
    bosskev: "And if there were a little man inside just nabbing people's debit cards, it would have been even funnier." Pay no attention to that man behind th... more »
    Bigbadbikernerd: Now THAT is ingenuity! more »
    Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, little people nabbing your cards inside of things seems funny enough, until something goes wrong... more »
    anexanhume: Don't worry, we can used trained dogs to sniff out the criminals. more »
    Barry99705: The Uber badges were only on Joe and DT. As far as I know, no one else had one. They were competing for a defcon black badge. more »
  • #atms

    Warning: Not All ATMs at DefCon Are What They Appear to Be

    The infamous DefCon hackers convention is going on in Las Vegas right now. And, just a word of advice. If you're going to visit, grab your cash before entering the conference. More »
  • #hacking

    DefCon Badge Hack Fools Facial Recognition Systems With Pulsing Light

    DefCon's badges encourage hacking. In fact, the best hacks at the conference receive a black über badge signifying free lifetime admission. But why compete for the über badges when you can use steal them with this year's winning hack? More »
  • #cybersecurity

    Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council

    Jeff Moss, who you may know as the founder of the hacking conference DefCon, was sworn in yesterday as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. And we think it's a shrewd and thoughtful move. More »
  • #badassit

    A Look Inside Defcon's Network Ops Room, The Most Secure Conference Wi-Fi You'll Ever See

    Network access at conferences sucks, pretty much without exception. That is, unless it's built by the badge-wearing network ops volunteers of the Defcon hacker convention, who are affectionately referred to as the "Goons" (read: IT badasses). Wired's Threat Level got a chance to look behind the scenes and snap some great photos of the network gear (and chain link fences, and padlocks, and German Shepherds) that make the Defcon network the fortress that it needs to be to keep a network full of hackers from tearing each other apart. More »
  • #hacks

    Medeco High Security M3 Locks Hacked With Easy Credit Card Trick

    With all the hacks going on this weekend at DefCon, the world's largest annual hacker convention, perhaps the most embarrassingly easy to crack was Medeco's high-security locks. According to a group of security researchers, all you need to get into an Medeco M3 lock, used in sensitive facilities such as the White House and the Pentagon, is a low-res image of someone's key and a credit card. More »
  • #hackers

    Wired Previews Hackable Defcon 16 Badge

    Wired got a sneak peek at one of the more fun aspects of this coming weekend's Defcon, the hackable badge. Last year's badge was hacked in just ten minutes, but it didn't have an SD card slot at USB support. The new card has fewer features than last year's but is more powerful. And it comes with a longer battery life, good news. But not everything is known, and that's kind of the point to these fun trinkets. [Wired]
  • #michellemadigan

    NBC's DefCon Mole - The Walk of Shame

    Reading the story about NBC's undercover reporter getting ousted from hacker convention DefCon was enjoyable. Watching the video...that's something really special. Here's the whole story, from beginning to end. More »
  • #defcon

    DefCon Badge Hacked in 10 Minutes

    Now, now, don't get too excited. Creator Joe Grand designed it to be hacked. Still, 10 minutes is a pretty respectable time for the soldering, reprogramming and reflashing job done by Dave Bullock, Wired's photographer at the event. The badge features an LED display with scrolling text, and it even has an easter egg (typing in 31337 outputs "$kingpin$", the board maker's handle.) Dave hacked the press badge, but the badge shown is an Uber Badge, Joe Grand's, actually. They're given away as prizes at DefCon, and are lifetime passes to DefCon. [Wired, but beautiful photos from Dave] More »
  • #badreporter

    NBC's DefCon Mole Outed, Stalked by Hackers and Press

    Michelle Madigan, Dateline NBC's DefCon mole, armed with hidden camera, was trying to sneak in as a programmer and tape hackers admitting to illegal activity. Instead, DefCon's NBC mole uncovered the plot. More »