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Ripshy is a long time tinkerer who has been a part of the DEF CON community for the past 10 years, attending his first con at the Jail bait age of 15. He has worked in various roles touching multiple points of the info sec rainbow, and is currently working with Sony PlayStation doing magical things with little more than curiosity and a keyboard. Ripshy is an OG member of the Vegas 2.0 crew, a founding member of GayHackers, and works as a goon in the DEF CON NOC.
Hackajar has been involved in DEF CON in one form or another for over a decade. He's a founding member of Vegas 2.0, a Contest Goon, and the brains behind "The Summit". He currently heads a Silicon Valley Hacker Space and various security shenanigans.