In case you missed it, put a reminder in your calendar for Hackers on the Hill DC on January 9, 2025 (the day before Shmoocon begins).

And look for more details on related international events later this year....

Bridge the gap between cybersecurity researchers and policymakers. Details and registration links to come, watch this space.

Participants in the all-volunteer event (run by I Am The Cavalry) have briefed dozens of Congressional offices on key issues facing policymakers like security researcher rights, encryption backdoors, supply chain resilience, disrupting ransomware, and (of course) AI.

So if you’re a technical cybersecurity practitioner or researcher who wants to engage in public policy dialogs (whether you’ve had experience before or not), save the date and sign up for our email notifications at https://hackersonthehill.org

#HackersOnTheHill #Cybersecurity #CyberPolicy #Shmoocon

Hey, Colorado hacking community - do you want to join me to speak out against malicious abuse of deepfakes in the Colorado assembly on Monday?

Monday I will be testifying in front of the #Colorado #House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs committee in support of a bill to prevent abuse of generative #AI in election campaigns.

If passed into law, it "prohibits the distribution of a communication that includes an undisclosed deepfake with actual malice as to the deceptiveness or falsity of the communication related to a candidate for public office"

This is the first of many bills to come that hope to rein in the abuse of generative AI and deepfake technology. Lawmakers clearly can see the risks of what happened in New Hampshire during their primary and they're concerned. At #HackersOnTheHill this was one of the topics we discussed with Senator #Hickenlooper's staff, then two weeks later, the thing we said was likely to happen...actually happened.

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1147

#CoLeg #COPolitics #Boulder

Spent much of yesterday afternoon and early evening with a bunch of policy wonk hackers and some hacker-friendly policy wonks at #HackersOnTheHill in Washington, DC. Met with two staffers from senator Hickenlooper's office and then became thoroughly lost in the tunnels under the Russell Senate office building before heading to a pub to confab with others from the event. It was a really special day.

I'm on my plane waiting to take off, headed to #HackersOnTheHill tomorrow to brief some senate staffers about risks posed by AI that they aren't hearing about. This seems like a particularly relevant survey, concluding the same thing I have been speculating about: AI will cause election disruptions in 2024 elections. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/10/wef-ai-election-disruption-poses-the-biggest-global-risk-in-2024.html

My unbroken streak of never attending #shmoocon will not be broken this year, but I will be in DC this week for #HackersOnTheHill to meet with congressional staffers and representatives to talk through technical and infosec topics they should be aware of in the coming year.

It'll be my first time attending this event, so if anyone in my circle will be there or has attended previously, I'd love to hear about how it went and how much preparation you did.

Also down for drinks/coffee/meeting up with other folks who will be there this week.

Excited to nerd out today! #HackersOnTheHill 👩🏼‍💻

Fifty hackers signed up for #HackersOnTheHill January 19, 2023 in DC. Still some room left for more to join! Sign up and/or pass the word to others who might want to join! https://hackersonthehill.org

Coming in to DC for #shmoocon? Join us for #HackersOnTheHill as well, where you can brief a Congressional staffer. Sign ups are now LIVE! https://hackersonthehill.org