More #defcon in the news with @defconfranklin !
Kudos to the team at #defconfranklin for hooking up talented volunteers with infrastructure projects that need attention. Nice to see hackers getting good attention for good reasons.
If you're interested in learning more about the opportunities available, visit defconfranklin.com
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-s1-5525957/water-supply-hack
DEF CON's Franklin Project has released the First Inaugural Hackers' Almanack! Grab it for yourself for an easily digestible compendium of remarkable research from DEF CON 32.
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2032/DEF%20CON%2032%20Hackers'%20Almanack.pdf
You'll get critical insights on topics like AI Red Teaming, Biomedical Hacking and fighting ransomware. Keep yourself updated on the latest Franklin Project news at http://defconfranklin.com.
From our friends at the #DEFCONFranklin Project:
Our Executive Director Jake Braun was interviewed at the AZ Cyber Summit. Jake shared his thoughts on foreign adversarial attacks, our #CyberCivilDefense network, and how Project Franklin can help. Check it out:
A former White House cyber-security expert is warning of potential cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Former Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Jake Braun was in Arizona recently to talk about the threat. He's now the Executive Director of the Harris School of Public Policy Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago. ...
if you missed the introduction of the #DEFCONFranklin project yesterday, here's a link to the @DefConFranklin talk so you can get acquainted: https://youtu.be/0TdY9JUaybc.
The Franklin project aims to connect civic-minded hackers with opportunities to use their skills to defend schools, water systems and other underserved infrastructure.
You can find out more and sign up at https://defconfranklin.github.io/
#defcon announces #DEFCONFranklin, a
project to harness talent from the DEF CON community to help protect American water systems and schools.
To learn more, visit Jake Braun's talk tonight at 6pm PDT in Track 4. If you're remote, you can watch it live on dctv.defcon.org.
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