DEFCON 2019 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from August 8th to August 11th, at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.
At DEFCON 2019 Cyber Security: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Network Security, Cryptography, Software Development, Hacking, Distributed Computing, Open Source Software, Information Technologies, Hacking Knowledge, and Private Computing will be some of the Main Points.
The Hacking Competition will located in Planet Hollywood in the Mezzanine for the Duration of the Competition, watch the best Hackers on the Planet duke it out.
Based on an Excellent Qualification round, 16 Teams Accepted to Compete.
The Teams are:
A*0*E
CGC
HITCON⚔BFKinesiS
hxp
KaisHack GoN
mhackeroni
Plaid Parliament of Pwning
r00timentary
r3kapig
saarsec
Samurai
Sauercloud
SeoulPlusBadAss
Shellphish
Tea Deliverers
TokyoWesterns
DEF CON CTF
Background: Voting Village & Speaking Track
In 2017, DEF CON launched the Voting Machine Hacking Village (Voting Village), which sought to elevate the issue of cyber and voting security at a moment when news about Russian adversaries hacking the 2016 election was making headlines. The Voting Village is the only public forum in the United States at which hackers have nearly unrestricted access to discover vulnerabilities in the equipment.
Back for its second year in 2018, the Voting Village dramatically expanded its hands-on activities and audience, making more than 30 pieces of voting machines and other equipment available to its participants. Over the course of 3 days, DEF CON hackers successfully hacked 30+ devices including voting machines and electronic pollbooks, most of which were used in the U.S. 2018 midterm elections.
The demonstration publicly showed audiences – in person and around the world – how truly vulnerable U.S. voting systems are to cyberattacks. The event attracted national media and totaling nearly 2,000 media hits reaching more than 2.8 billion people, with social media engagement topping an additional 146 million social media impressions.
Most importantly, the Voting Village embraced a mission to help election officials at all levels better understand how to make systems safer and more secure.
The Voting Village will return for its third year at DEF CON 27. As it did the past two years, it will feature a speaking track that will highlight the various aspects of election cybersecurity, including the technical components that make up our election infrastructure ranging from hardware, to software to databases. To that end, the DEF CON Voting Village is issuing this call for papers and speakers to address fresh, unique aspects of this issue, particularly from the perspective of the hacker.
All presentations must have an educational focus and are NOT intended to be a business promotion for a product or service. All presentations will be 25 minutes long.
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