🚨 Speaker Spotlight: Michael Sulmeyer, former Asst. Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, joins the Maritime Hacking Village at @defcon 33!
With top cyber roles at DoD, Cyber Command & NSC, Michael offers deep expertise on cyber conflict, military readiness & infrastructure resilience.
⚓ Catch him live on the "Threat Dynamics on the Seas" policy panel.
#DEFCON #DC33 #MaritimeHackingVillage #CyberDefense #CyberPolicy #MaritimeSecurity #DEFCONTalks
🚢 Session Incoming: Threat Detection, Analysis & Response in Maritime
🎤 Capt. Kip Louttit & Steve Winston
What happens when cyber threats hit the docks? Join us for a deep-dive into an incident with the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange (MXSoCal).
🚢 ☠️ Badge Announcement! Maritime Hacking Village Badge -- Year 0
What's a great village without a great badge? We went a little overboard -- but it turned out incredible. We're proud to announce our Year 0 badge, a highly versatile tool and embedded system for maritime hacking and security research that will absolutely dazzle you.
Want to pre-order? Check it out: https://maritimehackingvillage.com/shop/p/badge-dc33
⚓️ Sponsor Spotlight: HavocAI
For the first time at @defcon, HavocAI is bringing Rampage—an AI-powered, fully electric unmanned surface vessel—to MHV. At 14 feet long with 150nm range and 300lb payload, it’s built to swarm in fleets of thousands.
Come hack the future of autonomous maritime defense. Thank you, HavocAI!
☠️🏴☠️ ALL HAIL—the Dread Lord rises from the depths to join the resistance at @defcon 33!
Summoned from the depths of maritime mayhem, the Dread Lord (aka Duncan Woodbury) is sailing into the Maritime Hacking Village with a crew of rebel hackers and a network of ghost ships to join the fight to retake Isla Hexa.
Catch him commanding chaos, cracking challenges, and maybe—just maybe—helping you not sink your ship.
Beware… the Dread Lord sails again. 🦜⚓️
🛰️⚡ Can you keep Taiwan connected under cyberattack?
Play Taiwan Digital Blockade Lite at the Maritime Hacking Village @defcon 33 — a 30-min attacker-vs-defender wargame based on a Naval War College scenario.
🎲 Fight over cables, grids & satellites. Fast, fun, thought-provoking. All skill levels welcome.
Registration recommended. Walk-ins welcome if space allows.
#DEFCON33 #MaritimeHackingVillage #CyberWargame #ICS #Infosec #TaiwanDigitalBlockade
🚨 Challenge Spotlight: AIS Sudden Death ⚓💀
At DEFCON 33’s Maritime Hacking Village, satellite comms are down, and spoofed AIS signals are your only clue. One ship is real. One’s a trap. Choose right or sink trying.
5 rounds. Zero forgiveness. Can you spot the spoof?
#DEFCON33 #CTF #MaritimeHacking #AIS #CyberSecurity #InfoSec @defcon
🚢 Challenge Highlight: ABS-MHV OSINT Challenge
ABS Consulting is bringing a never-before-seen maritime OSINT track to our CTF at Maritime Hacking Village for DEF CON 33.
Bring your best OSINT pirates and tool up your crew to scour the seas, skies, and inter/mixed nets to find the keys that will help us lift the digital blockade on Isla Hexa.
#MaritimeHacking #MaritimeSecurity #DEFCON #DEFCON2025 #DC33 #DEFCONCTF #CTF #DEFCONVillages @defcon
🏴☠️ CTF ANNOUNCEMENT: Maritime Hacking Village at DEF CON 33 🏴☠️
Join the fight to lift the digital blockade on Isla Hexa in MHV's premiere CTF featuring real AI-controlled unmanned watercraft, port crane systems, a narco-smuggling vessel confiscated by the feds, and much more!
Come test your skills in the most ambitious, cross-domain village CTF at DEF CON yet.
📖 Details: https://maritimehackingvillage.com/ctf
#DEFCON #DC33 #MaritimeSecurity #CTF #DEFCONVillages #Hacking #Cybersecurity @defcon
🚨 Speaker Spotlight: Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations
We're excited to welcome Adam to the stage with Maritime Hacking Village at @defcon #DC33!
An absolute legend in the cybersecurity community, former State Dept. advisor and now CFR Director, Adam will explore how global cyber conflict meets maritime security.
⚓ Don’t miss it!
#DEFCON #MaritimeHackingVillage #CyberGeopolitics #DEFCONVillages
⚓️ Sponsor Spotlight: HavocAI
For the first time at @defcon, HavocAI is bringing Rampage—an AI-powered, fully electric unmanned surface vessel—to MHV. At 14 feet long with 150nm range and 300lb payload, it’s built to swarm in fleets of thousands.
Come hack the future of autonomous maritime defense. Thank you, HavocAI!