![]() Some wear fake beards, masks or other colorful disguises.īut new pressures, especially for those who attend Defcon, seem to be reshaping the community’s attitudes toward privacy and anonymity. Many conceal their real names, instead using only pseudonyms or hacker aliases. ![]() And, to be sure, a number of Defcon attendees, citing various concerns about privacy, still protect their identities. 0, a shadowy online avatar - alleged to have been controlled by Russian military intelligence officers - that revealed documents stolen from the Democratic National Committee in 2016. ![]() I met Grifter, whose real name is Neil Wyler Dead Addict, who, citing privacy concerns, spoke with me on the condition that I not share his real name Nico Sell, which, while undeniably the name she uses publicly, may or may not be her legal name and dozens of other self-described hackers in August at Defcon, an annual hacking convention - one of the world’s largest - held in Las Vegas.Ī lion’s share of the media attention devoted to hacking is often directed at deeply anonymous (and nefarious) hackers like Guccifer 2.
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