A hacker tournament in Las Vegas brought together the best in the field, including visitors from China, India, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Some worked for their respective governments, some for private firms and others were college students. READ
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The winning team included participants from Carnegie Mellon University, its alumni, and the University of British Columbia. While their countries may be engaged in cyber espionage against one another, the DEF CON CTF contest allows elite hackers to come together in the spirit of sport. The game has taken on new meaning in recent years as cybersecurity has been elevated as a key national security priority by the United States, its allies and rivals. Over the last 10 years, the cybersecurity industry has boomed in value as hacking technology has evolved.
DEF CON itself, which began as a meetup of a few hundred hackers in the late 1990s, was organized across four casinos this year and drew a crowd of more than 30,000, according to organizing staff.
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