LAS VEGAS — Over the past two decades, hackers at Defcon and the feds have been circling each other suspiciously. The nation’s top “spook” — National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander — giving a keynote at the hacker confab, shows just how much tensions have mellowed.
“I’ve spent 20 years trying to get someone from the NSA” to speak at Defcon, said Defcon founder Jeff Moss, who serves on the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council and is chief security officer for ICANN. “It’s eye-opening to see the world from their view,” he said. “On the NSA’s 60th anniversary and our 20th anniversary this has all come together.”
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