The legendary Cliff Stoll gave a talk at DEF CON 34 in Las Vegas this month. He talked about the hacking incident that he experienced and investigated, and wrote about in his book "The Cuckoo's Egg" (1989). He's hilarious, and if you haven't read the book, it's very interesting. The book covers the incident in much greater depth, of course.

You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0

However, I was really struck watching it for the bits where part of the audience is visible. I don't know why they're all - or many, anyways - wearing headphones, or why those headphones have a giant illuminated logo on them - but it makes this look like a scene from "THX 1138" (1971), or maybe from a cult.

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