Hacking the Media, and Avoiding Being Hacked by the Media

Presented at DEF CON 12 (2004), July 31, 2004, 7 p.m. (50 minutes)

Hackers have been demonized and romantisized in the media. Some hackers interactions with the media have caused their eventual incarseration, while others seem to pimp the media to promote their careers. Dead Addict will provide a framework for manipulating the media and avoid being the victim of the media. While this talk will be relavent to hackers, it is applicable to all that consume or are consumed by media. Dead Addict will also discuss methods to improve the quality of reporting and influence the media without appearing in it.

Presenters:

• Dead Addict

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 12/DEF CON 12 video/DEF CON 12 - Dead Addict - Hacking the Media - Video.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKXHp3NFQJE

Similar Presentations:

• H2K (2000) / Hackers and the Media
• DEF CON 13 (2005) / Hackers and the Media- Misconceptions and Critical Tools To Combat Them
• The Last HOPE (2008) / Grand Theft Lazlow - Hacking the Media by Laughing at Them