Vintage - Def - Con 9 - July 2001

AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO OWN A COMPUTER TO GET HACKED. GOOD EVENING I'M MICHAEL GEESER. THEY CALL IT DEF-CON. ONCE A YEAR IT BRINGS THE BEST HACKERS FROM THE UNDREGROUND WORLD, INTO THE LAS VEGAS SUNSHINE. NEWS 13'S DAVE MALKOFF IS LIVE AT DEF-CON WHERE THE CONVENTION IS JUST WRAPPING UP. WE'RE AT THE ALEXIS PARK HOTEL, JUST DN THTHE STREET FROM HARD ROCK. THIS MAY LOOK LIKE ANY SUNDAY POOL PARTY... BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT ARE AS SERIOUS ABOUT THE COMPUTER UNDERWORLD AS YOU CAN GET. ((NATS)) WELCOME TO DEFCON 9. ((1:37:05 IT'S JUST A PARADISE FOR HACKERS!)) 52-HUNDRED STRONG THIS YEAR... IT'S THE MOST HACKERS EVER IN THIS ONE ROOM. ((12:43:01 NATS CONVO)) THEIR EQUIPTMENT GOES FROM STATE OF THE ART, TO STATE OF THE MESS. BUT THE GOAL IS THE SAME. BREAK IN TO COMPUTERS, AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND... BUT WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT TO? ((1:30:58 THE CONTROL. THE CONTROL YOU T.T... ...MOST EXILERATING THING YOU'LL GET)) NETRANGER HAS BEEN HACKING SINCE HE WAS A KID. BUT NOW, HE'S TURNED HIS SKILLS INTO PROFIT. ((1:31:47 I'VE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE... ...NETWORK SECURITY RIGHT NOW)) HE, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM WORK FOR BANKS & INSURANCE COMPANIES... THEY'RE SKILLED CRAFT YOU CAN'T LEARN FROM A BOOK. THEY CAN KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE. BUT NOT EVERYONE HERE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW. ((2/00:08:01 THERE'S ALOT OF DO ANYTHING. WHILE SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S COMPUTER GENIUSES WERE HERE IN LAS IF YOU USE YOUR PHONE LINE TO CONNECT TOI THE INTERNET, THE GATEWAY IS SO ALALL, IT'S NOT WORTH IT FOR A HACKER TO BREAK IN. BUT CAN THEY? SURE. THEY CAN DO