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Re:NSA director heckled on stage at Black Hat security confe... by tptacek on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @07:49PM (#6137638)
Give me a break. Black Hat was started as an excuse to get companies to pay for their infosec teams to attend Defcon. I was at Defcon in the '90s, and spoke at the second-ever Black Hat; my partner Jeremy spoke at the first.
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Re:NSA director heckled on stage at Black Hat security confe... by fragmede on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @10:57PM (#6138381)
I think that start is exactly why BlackHat != Defcon, a decade and half later. Defcon's a "Let's Spend a Weekend in Vegas", while BlackHat is now held around the world.

Abu Dhabi anyone?

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