Operational Security Lessons from the Dark Web

DEF CON 25

Presented by: Shea Nangle
Date: Saturday July 29, 2017
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Florentine Ballroom 4
Track: Crypto and Privacy Village

The past 5 years have seen anumber of arrests and a number of convictions of parties engaged in criminal activities on the Dark Web. From Dread Pirate Roberts to French Maid,Willy Clock to Shiny Flakes, and others, we will explore operational security failures made that led to their arrests, and in some cases, convictions.

Why look at this? There are lessons to be learned from these caseseven if you aren't in a position to be accused of running a multinationaldrug distribution ring. Whether you concerned with surveillance and/or reprisals from hostile nation-states or are simply wanting to better guard your privacy, we can all learn from these cases.

Attendees will leave thissession with concrete tactical recommendations for increasing the operational security of their online lives and protecting their privacy.

Shea Nangle

Shea Nangle works in information security in the Washington DC area. His areas of interest include open source intelligence, operational security,and forensics. In his spare time, you can often find him homebrewing andattending heavy metal concerts. Twitter handle of presenter(s): @ultrashea


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