Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported ...
Business Wire

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third consecutive title, ...
Yahoo

The best hacks and security research from Black Hat and Def Con 2024

Thousands of hackers, researchers and security professionals descended on the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas this week, an annual pilgrimage aimed at sharing the latest ...
The Verge

CrowdStrike accepted a ‘Most Epic Fail’ award at Def Con hacking conference

Company president Michael Sentonas said he will display the Pwnie Awards trophy ‘in the right place’ at CrowdStrike’s headquarters. Company president Michael Sentonas said he will display the Pwnie ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on AI

Rumman Chowdhury, co-founder of Humane Intelligence, a nonprofit developing accountable AI systems, works at her computer May 8, 2023, in Katy, Texas. Chowdhury is the lead coordinator of the mass ...
Business Wire

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins fourth straight, record ninth overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

PPP joined forces with CMU alumnus and University of British Columbia Professor Robert Xiao's team, Maple Bacon, and hackers from CMU Alum startup Theori.io (The Duck), playing under the name Maple ...
Morningstar

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon ...
Morningstar

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Fourth Straight, Record Ninth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its fourth consecutive title, earning its ninth victory ...