Hacks/Hackers #42 – Data Breaches, Digital Safety & DDJ of Minigolf

This month we'll meet again at ZeitOnline and bring you a lovely range of talks. Please do join us before the Autumn sets in!

Hacks/Hackers is a space to talk about the intersection between technology and journalism. Come and join us!

SPEAKERS:

Joseph Cox - Dealing with Data Breaches
https://twitter.com/josephfcox

Joseph is a journalist covering cybersecurity, the digital underground, and the surveillance industry for VICE's Motherboard.

Hacks and large scale data dumps are increasingly important story avenues for journalists. But what actually happens when a criminal hacker approaches a journalist, and how does the reporter then verify that data and decide what to publish? This talk will discuss that behind-the-scenes dynamic, pulling from the speaker's own experience with breaches at Silicon Valley giants, government departments, and every sort of target in between.

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Tin Fischer - DDJ of Minigolf
http://twitter.com/herrfischer

Minigolf holds a mystery. Even though each track can be finished with one hit, only one person in the entire history of minigolf has ever finished an 18-holes-course with just 18 hits. Trying to understand this mystery I talked to minigolf masters and gathered and delved into data that nobody as ever considered interesting and/or relevant.

Tin is a journalist who writes about weird stories and does data analysis on serious topics. His fascination for mini golf falls somewhere in between. He occasionally works together with a programmer. We have created, among others, the book „Nach dem Wochenende bin erstmal #krank“, a research project on selfharm on Instagram (https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/instagram-soziale-netzwerke-borderline-selfie-kultur-selbstverletzung) and the project tagsandthecity.net.

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Matt Mitchell - Your digital safety!
https://twitter.com/geminiimatt

Matt Mitchell is a hacker and the Director of Digital Safety & Privacy for the Tactical Technology Collective. Matt is a well known security researcher, operational security trainer, and data journalist who founded & leads CryptoHarlem (@cryptoHarlem), impromptu workshops teaching basic cryptography tools to the predominately African American community in upper Manhattan.

This talk will discuss practical and easy steps to increase your digital and operational security. It is a refresh and an update on the latest security considerations and how this impacts your research, your sources, and your future.

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As always, if you can help us find speakers, hosts or have a burning desire for a specific topic to be covered please contact us.

Kind regards,
Hacks/Hackers organising team.