http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20095649-245/when-hackers-become-the-man/?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks
By: Elinor Mills
At a commercial gathering called defcon 3 in 1995, 470 people gather as a lage group of many diversities and now even age! one young one was kevin mitnick(14yrs old) he ran away from home just to go to defcon. The defcon is a hacker get together for people who actually hack things like video games, computers and even wifi codes.
At defcon 19 (this year)there were over 12,000 atendees, even kevin mitnick was there signing books for people called "ghost in the wires". In early years Jeff Moss used to say 'if your 20 and you work for the man, your a loser' but than it changed ten years later 'if your 30 and your not working for the man, your a loser"' and finallly when he finzlly turned 40 Jeff moss becam the man. Moss created defcon in 1993 as a farwell present to a friend.
Eventually there became a defcon for kids. These kids parents used to be big hackers and now work for lawfirms or computer graphic designs.more than 100 kids learned how to hack security codes, video games, pick locks and even attended a social engineering contest.
i think that its cool that kids get that smart and are able to hack computers at a young age. If children had smart parents all the time we wouldnt really have to worry about whether our child will grow to be something you justhave to worry about them getting in trouble. however having them attend the defcon get together would probably brighten a few horzons
published by:shaygo baca