Defcon Security Team Busts NBC Dateline Spy

Published: August 6, 2007, 3:34 am

Tags: gamer life, alluded, audience, chase, chris hansen, defcon, dozen journalists, felonies, goon, goons, hidden cameras, jeff moss, madigan, national television, nbc dateline, priest, security team, situational irony, spammer, strange events, taking photos

Prior to Defcon, the event’s security team was aware that NBC Dateline may try to infiltrate the convention and catch individuals on film and audio admitting to felonies. In a series of comical events, the reporter was caught and basically pointed out by Jeff Moss (Defcon founder) to the entire crowd. The series of strange events ended with her bolting for the car with a mob of people behind her taking photos and capturing film of the entire scene. This event seems like situational irony at it’s best. According to Defcon representatives, Dateline’s plan also involved filming a federal agent at the event, which in their words wouldn’t have been a “cool” thing to do. Quotes and links to the story follow the break. Via tgdaily We reported earlier that the Defcon computer security convention was being infiltrated by a NBC Dateline team armed with hidden cameras. Their goal was to secretly record hackers admitting to felonies. According to

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