Bomb scare causes mass evacuation at DEF CON

A bomb scare at Caesars Forum, the main venue for this week's DEF CON hacking convention, led to the halls being cleared on Saturday evening. We're told a suspicious-looking box was spotted and reported, leading to an evacuation for safety's sake and so that fire crews and police officers could investigate. The timing was bad …

[mistersaxon]

Mind bomb - nice!

I appreciated the the sub-heading. Thanks for reminding me that all my aspirations have shrivelled in the sun too.

[frithi]

Re: Mind bomb - nice!

Thought it was on Soul Mining? I could be wrong. ..

[IainT]

Re: Mind bomb - nice!

It is Soul Mining, and I'm very glad people got the reference. A classic track.

[frithi]

Re: Mind bomb - nice!

Touring next year by all accounts.

[YetAnotherLocksmith]

Locksport

My book got released!

At DefCon! Alas, I wasn't there, but 3 of the 5 authors were. Big fanfare.

[big_D]

Great write-up

Hi Iain, great write-up, really enjoyed reading it and a great show with Leo and the crew on Sunday.