#DEFCON 32 was a success!

TERAFAB: the next step to becoming a galactic civilization Together with @SpaceX & @xAI, we're building the largest chip manufacturing facility ever (1TW/year) – combining logic, memory & advanced packaging under one roof. To harness as much power as possible from the Sun, we need to send 100 million tons of solar capture into space – per year. This requires massive scale. – Capability to launch millions of tons of mass into orbit – Solar-powered AI satellites – Millions of @Tesla_Optimus robots to help build it out All of these need chips: 100-200GW of chips for Optimus alone, plus terawatts for solar-powered AI satellites. That's more than all the chip manufacturers in the world combined can provide today, or even by 2030 (based on projected production growth). We're building TERAFAB to close the gap between today’s chip production & the future's demand – a future among the stars terafab.ai

🚀 DC256 March 2026 – Two Events, One Big Week 🚀

Super proud of this one. This is huge for Huntsville’s hacker culture.

🔍 02/19/26 – Beyond the Bytes: Making Your Own Wireshark Dissector for Mysterious and Unknown Protocols If you like learning skills that transfer to real-world investigations, don’t miss this. 👉 Sign up: lnkd.in/eAt-Umvc Joint Event - @defcon256 & @NACISSAorg

This is not one to miss! Paul is an amazing speaker!

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🎄 DC256 Christmas Party — Dec 19 6–7:30 PM @ GigaParts 7:30 PM @ Field Day (No food at GigaParts) Lockpicking • Hacker Show & Tell • Optional Dirty Santa Bring your gear or a fun gift! #DC256 #DEFCON #GigaParts

Power to the Players

🚀Rocket City Hackers Present: KamaKauzy – Hacking Fruit: Exploiting Juice Shop Join KamaKauzy for an engaging walkthrough on how to get started with web application hacking using OWASP Juice Shop! More details on Discord: (Read #🔔 | announcements) discord.gg/7DgPkkJyCH?event=…

1/ Volunteer Spotlight Series: Our volunteer spotlight series kicks off with Christian Clark! @ByteTheIO Christian is passionate about bringing hacker expertise to strengthen water system security. 🥤💻 #CyberCivilDefense #Take9

Thank you @DefConFranklin! If you interested in helping secure our critical infrastructure check of DEF CON Franklin: defconfranklin.com/

We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. 1-800-CALL-FBI Digital media tips: fbi.gov/utahvalleyshooting

Rest in Peace Charlie

Charlie Kirk was a true patriot and peaceful activist. May God rest his soul and give his family strength. Charlie is a hero for his courage to exercise his first amendment rights.

Housing data shows sellers now exceed buyers by over 500,000, marking the largest imbalance ever recorded in the market, per Redfin.

Now try etymology.com 😂

> check in at hotel > receptionist asks what I’m in town for > tell her DEF CON > she says “oh management told me to tell attendees to stay away from the elevator” > I chuckle in response, grab my stuff and go to my room > mfw someone has a shell on the rpi running the screen