THE VIDEO SHELF · social engineering and physical security
DEFCON 19: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! (w speaker)
Jayson E. Street's DEF CON 19 talk shows photos from real security engagements where he was already inside client facilities, illustrating how social engineering and physical intrusion can cause huge losses. For each attack he also explains what defenses would have stopped him.
Why HN readers recommended it
It is a repeat pick in 'favorite tech talk' threads as a funny, eye-opening look at how easily physical security and people can be bypassed.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Christiaan008
- Topic
- social engineering and physical security
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Jayson E. Street: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! [VIDEO] Van Albert and Banks: Looping Surveillance Cameras through Live Editing [LINK] Ken Thompson: Reflections on Trusting Trust [LINK] And of course, Simple Made Easy, Wat, etc.
nikisweeting on Hacker News · 2018-04
In Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?The absolute funniest tech talk I've seen "Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin!:" [VIDEO]
crazypython on Hacker News · 2021-03
In Ask HN: What is your favorite tech talk?
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