The rise and rise of Australia's community hacking conferences

In Australia and New Zealand, hackers are doing it for themselves by creating vibrant security conferences that run on their own terms and actively avoid the corporate-speak and fear-mongering that characterises so many vendor-led events. These conferences, or "cons", are booming and showcase security skills that rival the …

[Peter Prof Fox]

Low hanging fruit

https://www.dartford-crossing-charge.service.gov.uk/Home/Choose

This outfit takes money and runs accounts for a bridge toll in the UK. This website has been running a year and a half (and still today) there's a banner:

ALPHA This is a new service – your feedback will help us to improve it.

Yup! Public service with real money....going 18 months... Alpha. These morons are asking to be hacked and exposed. If I had the skills then I'd do it, but I don't. They must be complete wankers. Who will bring them to book?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Low hanging fruit

>>> Who will bring them to book?

If you want someone to break the law how about you do it yourself? 18 months is more than enough time to learn how to do it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Cool stickers. That is all.

[gszathmari]

Congratulations to each of the organisers out there. It is great to see the hacker community flourishing again.

PS: I love the Unrestcon voucher code :)

[THE_Known_Unknown]

Good Post. Pity there's little to no info out there for 2017 yet. Even AusCert has no agenda for end of March, now mid Feb ?