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Summer Camp 2023 COVID Dashboard

Announcement This project will be breaking off from Skytalks in the next few days.  While it was originally started under the Skytalks banner because it was thought our name would gather attention for the project and engender trust that we won’t harm the community, it has become obvious to me (bluknight) that the opposite has […]

CFP OPEN

The Skytalks CFP is now open, and closes 31 May 2023, at 2400 UTC.  Hit this link for details, and submit your best!

Skytalks 2022 – The Plan

So, after a two-year hiatus (thanks, COVID!) Skytalks has committed to DEF CON 30, and we are proceeding forward with planning for our event, which wouldn’t exist without our presenters and our volunteers!  On behalf of the Skytalks Cabal (there is no Skytalks Cabal) I can say that we’re excited to be coming back.  We’ve […]

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Summer Camp 2023 COVID Dashboard

Announcement This project will be breaking off from Skytalks in the next few days.  While it was originally started under the Skytalks banner because it was thought our name would gather attention for the project and engender trust that we won’t harm the community, it has become obvious to me (bluknight) that the opposite has […]

Skytalks 2023 – on second thought…

After a lot of internal discussion and soul searching, the leadership cadre here at Skytalks has elected to not participate in DEF CON 31.  This is not a decision that we came to lightly or easily, and it’s heartbreaking not only for me personally, but for the entire leadership team.  We didn’t want this decision, […]

Skytalks 2023 – The Legend Continues

So last year we came back to DEF CON from a COVID-induced hiatus.  We deployed several dozen Corsi-Rosenthal filter assemblies (and helped other villages and events do the same), socially distanced our seating, masked up…  And had a pretty successful time doing it with a relatively low self-reported case rate among staff and attendees.  COVID […]

The 2022 Artwork

But First, A Statement From the Artists…

A Public Statement re: the actions of BSides Cleveland and the handling of the Chris Hadnagy talk

UPDATE:  the Security BSides global organization has published a statement here on the BSides Cleveland event, which includes a statement from the (now former) event organizer.  Please scroll below to see Skytalks response to these statements. On 17-18 June 2022 the BSides Cleveland organization hosted their conference, at which they chose to hide the identity […]

So, a couple years ago, this thing happened…

So, a few years back at DEF CON 26, we hosted a talk by Phillippe Delteil titled “Macabre stories of a hacker in the public health sector (Chile)”.  As it turns out, this speaker was surreptitiously recorded at Skytalks by persons we believe to be agents of his government. We were informed by the speaker […]

Skytalks 2022 – The Plan

So, after a two-year hiatus (thanks, COVID!) Skytalks has committed to DEF CON 30, and we are proceeding forward with planning for our event, which wouldn’t exist without our presenters and our volunteers!  On behalf of the Skytalks Cabal (there is no Skytalks Cabal) I can say that we’re excited to be coming back.  We’ve […]

CFP OPEN

The Skytalks CFP is now open, and closes 31 May 2023, at 2400 UTC.  Hit this link for details, and submit your best!

Skytalks Returns!

We are proud to announce that Skytalks is planning to return to DEF CON 31 in 2023! Click here to see our announcement, and how we plan to go forward this year.