NBC Producer Hacked

gmony714, if she wasn't young, I reckon she wouldn't have made it into the front door, as the computer-security frontier is dominated by young people. She looks a bit mainstream, though. These guys/gals didn't get to where they are in their security/hacking careers by being unobservant.

This from Wired's Threat Level (about halfway down the page):

"NBC's mole, Michelle Madigan, became the target of predators herself
this afternoon when she was outed at DefCon as an undercover reporter
and bolted out of the conference hotel with about two dozen reporters
with cameras and others chasing after her -- in the manner of an NBC
Dateline To Catch a Predator episode.

According to DefCon staff, Madigan had told someone she wanted to
out an undercover federal agent at DefCon. That person in turn warned
DefCon about Madigan's plans. Federal law enforcement agents from FBI,
DoD, United States Postal Inspection Service and other agencies
regularly attend DefCon to gather intelligence on the latest techniques
of hackers. DefCon holds an annual contest called Spot the Fed, in
which attendees out people in the audience they think are undercover
federal agents. The contest is good-natured, but the feds who get
caught are generally ones who don't mind getting caught.

DefCon staff say that Madigan was asked four times -- two times on
the phone and two times at the conference -- if she wanted to obtain
press credentials, but she declined.

DefCon staff lured her to a large hall telling her that the Spot the
Fed contest was in session and that she could get a picture of an
undercover federal agent at the contest. When she sat down, Jeff Moss,
DefCon's founder, announced that they were changing the game. Instead
of Spot the Fed, they were going to play Spot the Undercover Reporter
and then announced, "And there's one in here right now." Madigan,
realizing she'd been had, jumped from her seat and bolted out the door
with reporters carrying cameras chasing after her through the parking
lot and to her car."

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That just HAS to suck!

Apparently she was offered a press pass four times and turned it down! Can't say I feel all that sorry for her. I love the "They're making fun of me and they're taking pictures!!" taunt...