All it took was a pandemic, but the long-running joke finally became a reality: DEF CON is canceled. The annual hacker conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, typically draws tens of thousands of attendees ...

When Jeff Moss founded the Def Con hackers convention in 1993, he never imagined that two decades on, one of the key speakers at the annual Las Vegas event would be four-star General Keith Alexander, ...

LAS VEGAS—Famed hacker convention DEF CON returns to Las Vegas this year at Caesars Forum as it celebrates its 30th year running. Normally attracting thousands to tens of thousands of visitors, the ...

The fallout from DEF CON organizers’ decision to ask the feds to stay away from this year’s event has been mixed–and predictable. For over two decades DEF CON has been an open nexus of hacker culture, ...

At this point, it’s not really correct to describe DEF CON as a single, gigantic conference for security, tech, and other ‘hacky’ activities. DEF CON is more of a collection of groups hosting villages ...

This year was the first run of the Tamper Evident Village. The village has a variety of tamper evident devices, including tapes, stickers, and seals. Volunteers provided tools, solvents, and ...

Def Con recently celebrated its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, the famed hacker conference welcomed something it had strictly policed in prior years: A film crew. This year, Def Con creator ...