Reporters booted from Black Hat for hacking

[Guest]

Las Vegas (NV) – Three French reporters attending the Black Hat computer security conference have been banned for life for sniffing the press room network.

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[mdillenbeck]

Silly reporters, don't they know in the US only the government can do warrantless wiretapping? *chuckle*

It is the last paragraph that really brings the point of this store home. The press network is just that - another network. Does ignoring it make it any more secure or help its users? No. After all, isn't the justification for hacking attendees of the Con to help them see the errors of their ways?