this point of view » defcon http://www.thispointofview.com The rambling thoughts of a dallas, tx. 20-something Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 DefCon gets Hacked http://www.thispointofview.com/2008/08/12/defcon-gets-hacked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defcon-gets-hacked http://www.thispointofview.com/2008/08/12/defcon-gets-hacked/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:15:10 +0000 admin http://www.thispointofview.com/?p=110 I just read a very interesting article about DefCon.  For those of you that dont know, DefCon is the annual hacker conference that takes place in Las Vegas.  Once a year, hackers from across the universe descend on Sin City for seminars, conferences, competitions, and fun.  This year however, A group of Hackers actually hacked the attendees of the conference.

A group has figured out a way to throttle and intercept pretty much all internet traffic by disguising itself as the best route.  By doing this, a hacker or group of hackers could compromise almost any aspect of the Internet. 

I am sure that there will be some sort of fix for this in the coming days, weeks, or months, but it is still pretty interesting to hear about.

Here’s the article:

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