Bringin’ Home the Bacon

DEFCON may be the only place in Las Vegas where people willingly donate money instead of just gambling it all away. At the annual EFF Summit fundraiser, we auctioned some Rock Logo t-shirts and circuit boards and raised $350 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. At Johnny Long’s Hacker for Charity silent auction, one of my DEFCON 17 Badge prototypes and a hardware hacking training circuit board brought in $1045! Thanks to charliex for the huge bid. The donations were matched by BigFix for a total of $2090 going to HFC. We also sold a handful of t-shirts in DEFCON’s vendor area. It’s amazing that these small items can make a huge difference and it’s a great feeling to be able to give back to the community. Consider doing the same any way you can.