The L0pht Testimony, 20 Years Later (and Other Things You Were Afraid to Ask)
DEF CON 26 · 2018
Presenter: L0pht Heavy Industries · Elinor Mills · DilDog · Joe Grand, Kingpin · Space Rogue · Mudge · Silicosis (Paul Nash) · John Tan · Weld Pond
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