Hackers and the Media: a Love-Hate Thing
Michael J. Martinez explores hackers and the media: a love-hate thing at DEF CON 7, examining casino-security and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Martinez - Hackers and the Media: A Love-Hate Thing. For hackers, contact with the media is both exciting and frustrating.
Vulnerability Analysis
Everybody loves to grab that 15 minutes of fame and set the record straight, but the media has this annoying habit of getting things wrong, at least from a hacker's point of view. Mainstream reporters feel the same way -- hacking is cool, sexy, and guarantees readership.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
But hackers are so evasive, way too full of themselves, and then there's this godawful technology to try to understand. How can reporters and hackers work together, or at least understand each other?
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
Martinez reports on technology for ABCNEWS.com. In addition to covering more mainstream issues, Martinez has written about hacker culture, the VX community, the Pentagon's "cyberwar" problems, and the Melissa virus. His articles have been featured on Slashdot and the Hacker News Network. DEF CON 7.0 was held July 9-11th, 1999, in Las Vegas Nevada USA
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