THOTCON is an American hacker conference that is organized by Nicholas Percoco, Matt Jakubowski, Jonathan Tomek, John Mocuta, David "VideoMan" Bryan, and several other OPERs (volunteers from the local DEF CON 312 chapter[1]). It is held in Chicago, Illinois at a somewhat different top secret location each year.
The conference was historically held on a single day, but since 2015, it has grown in popularity, and now covers two days. Originally, the conference featured a single track of speakers presenting between ten and twelve talks on various information security and hacking topics. Currently, the conference offers multiple tracks including full-length talks, shorter 'TURBO' talks, longer workshops, and villages.
The name THOTCON is made of the first letter in the words that represent the main Chicago Area Code (312); as in THree-One-Two.
Richard Thieme, a former priest who became a commentator on technology and culture [15]
Chris Valasek, a computer security researcher with Cruise Automation, a self-driving car startup owned by GM, and best known for his work in automotive security research.[16]
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^"DEFCON 312 Local Group". DC312. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
^. Digital Soapbox - Down the Security Rabbithole!. 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
^"THOTCON". infosec-conferences.com. 19 April 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources THOTCON news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted July 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message THOTCON is an American hacker conference that is organized by Nicholas Percoco Matt Jakubowski Jonathan Tomek John Mocuta David VideoMan Bryan and several other OPERs volunteers from the local DEF CON 312 chapter 1 It is held in Chicago Illinois at a somewhat different top secret location each year The conference was historically held on a single day but since 2015 it has grown in popularity and now covers two days Originally the conference featured a single track of speakers presenting between ten and twelve talks on various information security and hacking topics Currently the conference offers multiple tracks including full length talks shorter TURBO talks longer workshops and villages The name THOTCON is made of the first letter in the words that represent the main Chicago Area Code 312 as in THree One Two Contents 1 History 2 Past Speakers 3 References 4 External linksHistory editTHOTCON 0x1 was held on April 23 2010 at Joe s Bar 2 The conference had approximately 235 attendees and 8 talks It was also the very first hacker conference to be held in Chicago THOTCON 0x2 was held on April 15 2011 also at Joe s Bar in Chicago IL The conference had approximately 336 attendees and 12 talks THOTCON 0x3 was held on April 27 2012 at 4025 N Ravenswood Chicago IL The conference had approximately 500 attendees and between 10 and 20 talks depending on the final venue configuration THOTCON 0x4 was held on April 26 2013 at 4025 N Ravenswood Chicago IL The conference had approximately 700 attendees and featured 9 full length talks 9 shorter TURBO talks and 3 workshops THOTCON 0x5 was held on April 25 2014 at 4025 N Ravenswood Chicago IL THOTCON 0x6 was held on May 14 15 2015 at 4025 N Ravenswood Chicago IL THOTCON 0x7 was held on May 5 6 2016 at 4025 N Ravenswood Chicago IL THOTCON 0x9 was held on May 5 6 2018 at 4626 N Knox Ave Chicago IL THOTCON 0xA was held on May 3 4 2019 3 THOTCON 0xB was held on October 8 9 2021 at 4626 N Knox Ave Chicago IL THOTCON is produced by THOTCON Infinity NFP a tax exempt 501 c 3 nonprofit organization 4 Past Speakers editPast speakers of THOTCON events have included Bruce Schneier an American cryptographer computer security and privacy specialist and writer Jayson E Street author of Dissecting the hack The F0rb1dd3n Network 5 Rafal Los author of the HP blog Following the White Rabbit 6 Ryan Jones star of the TV show Tiger Team TV series Dave Marcus director of security research at McAfee 7 G Mark Hardy president of National Security Corporation 8 Samy Kamkar a prolific American programmer freelance security researcher and hacker Cory Doctorow a Canadian science fiction author activist journalist blogger and Special Advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation 9 Dustin Heywood known as EvilMog member of team hashcat 10 and Senior Hacker at IBM X Force Red 11 12 13 int80 David Martinjak from Dual Core hip hop duo 14 Richard Thieme a former priest who became a commentator on technology and culture 15 Chris Valasek a computer security researcher with Cruise Automation a self driving car startup owned by GM and best known for his work in automotive security research 16 References edit DEFCON 312 Local Group DC312 Archived from the original on 2011 02 27 Retrieved 2010 12 31 Interview c7five THOTCON co creator and Digital Soapbox Down the Security Rabbithole 2010 04 02 Archived from the original on 2011 07 08 Retrieved 2010 12 31 THOTCON infosec conferences com 19 April 2019 Retrieved April 8 2020 THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference Dissecting the hack The F0rb1dd3n Network Following the White Rabbit Archived from the original on 2011 09 04 Retrieved 2011 09 07 Dave Marcus McAfee Labs Team gt G Mark Hardy Cory Doctorow Electronic Frontier Foundation 2011 10 07 Retrieved 2018 07 16 Hashcat Hashcat GitHub 11 October 2021 Meet the IBM X Force Red Offensive Security Services Team IBM THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference About THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference About THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference Archives THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference Archives THOTCON Chicago s Hacking Conference Archives External links editOfficial website THOTCON Archives Archives of the presentations from previous conferences THOTCON on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title THOTCON amp oldid 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