DC-949 was founded at some point in 2004, and has slowly amassed members of like minded and passionate hackers. Although group attendance rises and falls, some of the core members are Dr. Adam Nichols, Adrian, C-P, Frank^2, Jeffball, Merlin, and Vyrus. In addition to running the oCTF contest at DefCon, and the Barcode Shmarcode contest at Shmoocon, DC-949 members have given talks at numerous conferences including LayerOne, Outerz0ne, and DefCon. They have also released several proof of concept applications including Skynet, TwatFS, and Floodgate.