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Australian Federal Police Collaboration With Hackers At Ruxcon

Calendar Apr 15, 2003 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Patrick Gray submits The Australian Federal Police are taking firm steps toward forging closer ties with the underground hacking community as evidenced at a recent security conference. Ruxcon, a conference organised by and for the Australian computer security community . . . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. submits The Australian Federal Police are taking firm steps toward forging closer ties with the underground hacking community as evidenced at a recent security conference. Ruxcon, a conference organised by and for the Australian computer security community last weekend, witnessed a gathering of around 300 security enthusiasts and consultants.

The inaugural two-day conference covered a myriad of topics including defensive and offensive security issues, GSM mobile phone security, secure web applications development and assembly programming.

It wasn't a conventional conference by many standards but one which left Alistair MacGibbon pleasantly surprised.

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