August 12, 2008

Last weekend I covered [Defcon 16](https://www.defcon.org/), the world's largest hacker convention for [Wired.com](http://www.wired.com/)'s [Threat Level blog](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/). Like [last year](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-images-29331-Pimped_DC_Badge.html), I was paired with [Kim Zetter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Zetter), one of Wired's best writers and an all around cool person. Zetter wrote all the serious articles, which I provided pictures for. These articles included: * [E-Passports Signed, Sealed, Delivered -- But Not Like You May Think](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/e-passports-cra.html) * [Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/medeco-locks-cr.html) * [French Reporters at Black Hat Booted from Conference for Hacking Fellow Reporters](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/french-reporter.html) * [Federal Judge in DefCon Case Equates Speech with Hacking -- Updated with Recording from Hearing](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/eff-to-appeal-r.html) I did end up writing a few features that weren't hard news, but were still fun to write and shoot: * [A First Ever Look Inside The Defcon Network Operations Center](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/a-first-ever-lo.html) * [Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peek](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/exclusive-defco.html) * [The DefCon 16 Mystery Challenge](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/the-defcon-16-m.html) * [Images From the 16th Annual DefCon](http://www.wired.com/politics/security/multimedia/2008/08/gallery_defcon16) The Defcon NOC piece ended up on the front page of [Slashdot](http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/08/11/1641221.shtml), [Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5035612/a-look-inside-defcons-network-ops-room-the-most-secure-conference-wi+fi-youll-ever-see), [Hack A Day](http://www.hackaday.com/2008/08/11/defcon-16-glimpses-of-the-network-center/), [BoingBoing](http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/10/inside-the-network-o.html) and [more](http://technorati.com/search/http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/a-first-ever-lo.html). Some of the other pieces I wrote also got picked up on various other sites. I had a great time this year at Defcon, it was my 8th Defcon and I can't wait for next year. I'm looking forward to working with Zetter again and getting another tour of the NOC! [](https://eecue.com/p/30654/Defcon-16-NOC-Tour-on-Wired-com.html) [Wired.com piece in which I toured the Defcon Network Operations Center](http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/a-first-ever-lo.html).