NBC reporter busted at Defcon

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hackers are a bit smarter than pedos...

[psi29a]

As someone who has actually been to defcon, this is normal behavior. Typically, it is spot the "Fed", now that Defcon has been around a lot, the Feds don't mind being outed, it has become more of a running joke on both sides. Though I wonder how anyone can make a connection between a hacker and a pedo, just seems disingenuous bordering on slander.

DefCon security on Friday warned attendees at the annual hacker conference that Dateline NBC may have sent a mole with a hidden camera to the event to capture hackers admitting to crimes. DefCon says it was tipped off by their own mole at Dateline who sent them a pic of the undercover journalist who DefCon employees identified as producer Michelle Madigan.

Bottom line, don't fuck with people who know how to get information.

[arke]

Though I wonder how anyone can make a connection between a hacker and a pedo, just seems disingenuous bordering on slander.

It's a stab at NBC's To Catch a Predator series.

[psi29a]

Ah, I caught that after clicking and reading TFA.

Dateline NBC is best known for its controversial To Catch A Predator series, which uses hidden cameras to tape men who are allegedly seeking to have sex with minors they met online.

We don't get Cable nor NBC broadcast where I live... so I've missed out on all this 'great' investigative reporting. Stupid people won't even install a dish on my roof.

[Starnum]

Well, I don't know how great or frequent their "investigations" (NBC's) are, because I don't watch a lot of news, but I did see when they set-up that pedo. Man, did he end up looking like an arse, lol. As for this occassion, it seems it was NBC with mud in their eye this time, heh.

[MrFelony]

that was awesome. i love how defcom has a mole in NBC