Jeff Moss on DEF CON and its shadow power
The elevators will be the first sign that some 30,000 hackers have arrived in Las Vegas for the wildest hacker party on earth: DEF CON. From August 7 to 10, the Venetian and The Sahara hotels on the Las Vegas Strip will host the world’s most infamous hacker gathering.
But before you even step into a session on AI jailbreaks or microgrid exploits, you might notice loud muzak in the elevators, key cards misbehaving and your cellphone acting weird — all part of the attendees hijinks that have become legion every summer when hackers descend on Vegas with backpacks full of cables, burner phones and a desire to test the limits.
DEF CON began in 1993 as a one-off party for a friend who never showed. It has since evolved into a cultural and technical phenomenon — equal parts circus, symposium and warning system. It’s where researchers expose vulnerabilities in satellites and voting machines. Where 14-year-olds reverse-engineer tractor trailers. And where the U.S. government quietly recruits from the back of the room.
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