The twenty-somethings arrested by the FBI in July on suspicion of partaking in criminal activities tied to the Anonymous hacker community may soon be regarded as geriatrics. The first annual hacker conference for kids, DefCon Kids, was held in Las Vegas last weekend as part of DefCon, which bills itself as the world’s largest hacker conference. DefCon Kids included sessions with representatives of United States federal agencies. Its goal is to convince children aged 8 to 16 that it’s cool to be a white hat — a hacker who fights crime.
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DefCon Welcomes Kids: Hacking Fun for Everyone
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 8, 2011 11:56 AMThe twenty-somethings arrested by the FBI in July on suspicion of partaking in criminal activities tied to the Anonymous hacker community may soon be regarded as geriatrics. The first annual hacker conference for kids, DefCon Kids, was held in Las Vegas last weekend as part of DefCon, which bills itself as the world’s largest hacker conference. DefCon Kids included sessions with representatives of United States federal agencies. Its goal is to convince children aged 8 to 16 that it’s cool to be a white hat — a hacker who fights crime.