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right there next to them.

And they're probably in a

constant lawsuit with the N.S.A.

so... we try to represent both sides.

I mean, they're the ones

that have been out there and

helping when people

try and do crazy laws

that, you know, don't really

understand the implications.

The E.F.F. will step up and

try and right the ship

and make things good for everyone and

we like to support them.

And what I'm trying to do

when I have these speakers

is I'm trying to expose the audience

to people they wouldn't normally

come in contact with. It's not

just always fun and games.

Hacking a system. There's

a bigger world out there,

and you're playing a part in it.

A very important part.

And if I didn't, I kind of think

I'd be doing a disservice.

It would be sort of like intentionally,

I don't know, not aiming as high.

So, if you don't like that

speaker don't go to that talk.

And I think that when you bring

in not only our great talent here

but those of our allies I think

that's absolutely superb.

All right, that brings this

session to a close, so let's

have a round of applause

for General Alexander.

I think the contest and

events is very key because

it's one of the things that you'll find if

you go to a lot of different conferences

especially in the security arena...

it's very boring.

Usually you're sitting around in a

bar getting really, really drunk

with a bunch of friends.

And going to a couple talks that

you're interested in seeing.

But over all it's a lot of

looking for something to do.

We've just grown to where now I

believe I'm managing about 50 events.

50 events and contests

throughout DEF CON 20.

What's going on? -Not much,

just cutting some mohawks.

It just started out as shenanigans...

with, like, drunk people in bathrooms

at DEF CON.

But people started giving us money. I started

telling them to donate to the E.F.F.

and so people told me I

should make it official cause

it just became tradition.

Last year we raised about $4000

total for EFF, Hackers for Charity,

and other hackerspaces

around the country.

I've been growing my hair out for 2 years.

It was difficult for the girl, because

she was about this tall and she had

to stand up on a chair to actually

finish it all.

This year we have a goal because

last year he shook on it:

DT will be getting a mohawk this

year, if he likes it or not.

I've been playing Hack Fortress, which is an

amazing competition, it's one of the highlights

of DEF CON for me. Essentially

we have a team of 6 to 8

players who play Team Fortress

really how it's meant to be played.

You know:
Medic, Heavy, and they try and

capture points. We as the hacking team,

essentially we're doing hacking

challenges:
Cryptography, forensics,

physical challenges, social engineering,

information gathering, and that gets

our team benefits. So it might light

the other team on fire, it might make

everything our team shoots a critical hit.

It's just a really cool combination

of both gaming and hacking

which, you know, is awesome.

Now you've got an objective here,

you've got a 3 person team, and you

have to infiltrate this office, steal

a lot of information and get back out

again, in 15 minutes.

But it's a penetration and data exfiltration job.

So team-based people

will penetrate into a virtual office,

and we're framing out the walls and

everything. You'll have to pick in,

once you're in, a team of people then

can try to get documents, which you

don't just unlock a lock, you have to

spread them out, legibly photograph

them, put them back where you found

them. I think we're including now,

there's a smartphone, like an Android

phone, so you have to hold it up just

right and maybe you see the pattern.

You swipe it out and

you get some contacts.

So I have this computer running Windows

3.11, so I'm watching people try to fumble

their way through Windows File Manager,

looking for data, but the really key

thing is that if you can unlock the

computer where it's chained up,

can you get the whole computer out of

the office, and can you do it without

powering it off?

So we are hot-jacking into the wires,

splicing in the UPS using a tool

the feds use, called a 'hotplug', to

transfer the switching of the power

on a whim, but a lot of people mad dash,

half tiger-team, half Marx Brothers movie,

running around this office, getting

everything, getting out clean, locking

it up after themselves. Yeah, I can see

a lot of us who used to be the guy who

would maybe get drunk and worry about

being arrested, now we all have jobs

where we do this professionally

and get paid for it.

All right, all right, we are ready to begin!

Everyone we're going to do science over

here, we're going to do

less science over there!

These teams are tasked with cooling the

beer to exactly 42 degrees... which is

ridiculous... but...

People came through... people came through

in amazing ways that I never expected.

This year I took away all the

restrictions about what you can and

can't do and I said you have to

get it to exactly 42 degrees.

And... time!

And this last minute entry "Team Ice not

Science" if I got their name right...

hit it! Exactly!... It was a

fantastic success in the end!

Stop! This is ShizNiz live from DEF CON

in the beautiful city of Las Vegas

behind me you can see the skyline...

It's a rooftop! Look at that rooftop!

Over to your right if Dave can get it...

There you go, there's the mountains...

There's the Alexis Park...

The Alexis Park is part of the DEF CON legend.

It definitely, it's probably the

closest thing DEF CON has to a home.

I know, I wish it was

still at the Alexis Park.

There was a long period of time

that I associate with Alexis Park.

We were there for a long

time, like 6 or 7 years

You've got the whole property.

You can hang out by the pool...

This is some horrible 70's-like

apartment building laid out rows

of these hotel rooms, with pools

and grassy areas down the middle.

It's like multiple pools that we

could just party at all night...

If you don't know what the Pool 2 means,

if you don't know what Pool 3 means...

You weren't there... I mean it, some

really ridiculous stuff went on.

Pool 2 and Pool 3 were just sort of like

these nexuses of activity and energy...

You could be guaranteed to find

something going on at 2am, 3am all the

way to the sunrise.

And we had folks that were underage, and

we had folks that were overage, and

everyone was not sober,

and doing their thing...

I was told at one point that at the

Alexis Park, we did enough business in

alcohol sales that equalled about 4

months of their normal alcohol sales.

And you talk about debauchery?

The AP was where true

debauchery at DEF CON occurred.

And at the time, the hotel owners,

they were alright, they were alright.

They basically had the attitude of, "You know what?

You can trash our hotel if you want."

"You'll pay for it, but at the end

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