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When hackers target a conference code of conduct

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NEW YORK—Can hackers effectively mitigate a hack of their own subculture? A man wearing a white MAGA hat, using language sources say was coarse and combative, accused Blaze of wanting to be assaulted by John “Captain Crunch” Draper when he was a teenager. At Chaos, a chaotic response to assault allegations.

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New sexual-assault allegations against ‘phone phreaker’ John Draper

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Jay, a hacker in the San Diego area, was excited to meet John T. Draper, who in the late 1960s and early 1970s had made waves by blowing a toy whistle into phone receivers. He didn’t expect his encounter with the infamous “phone phreaker,” also known as Captain Crunch, to lead to sexual assault. No come-ons,” Jay says.

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2017 in cybersecurity and privacy news

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After spending much of his campaign blasting what he described (without proof) as a “rigged” election system, Trump spent much of his post-inauguration year denying reports of Russian election interference , which included alleged data breaches targeting his leading opponent , Hillary Clinton, social-media interference , and voting-machine hacking.