Now for my favorite talk of the event, the #38c3 Infrastructure Review.
Organizing an event like this is no small feat—it takes immense effort from planning to clean-up. Let's hear from the various teams that made this event possible.
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Over 6 Mhw of power was used through the event or the equivalent of 5 bitcoin transactions. The Yolo colo and Pizza Plaza used the most power. #38c3
The team also found that if you open the cabin doors of the train and push the emergency button in the toilet. The train will unlock itself. #38c3
Identity theft, credit card fraud and cloaking services – how state-sponsored propaganda makes use of the cyber criminal toolbox by Alexej Hock & Max Bernhard
Research by CORRECTIV and Qurium has revealed that the Russian state relies on the toolbox of internet fraudsters for the dissemination of propaganda and fakes. A talk on the state's possible alliance with the criminal world - and on possibilities and limitations of countering it.
Next up is the Chaos Post (@ChaosPost).
Stats:
- 48k Postcards used
- Postcards were sent to 59 Countries.
- 902 Online postcards where 328 where marked as delivered.
- 300 Archive Postcards were delivered
- More than 23 new postcard designs
There was a new Photo2Postcard service. New coloring postcard for kids.
If you want to help fight censorship with the Tor project, please run WebTunnel Bridges!
Tor has approximately 8000 relays and 2000 bridges which has grown by 30%. The Tor project still has a healthy amount of bandwidth and the distribution of users is good. #38c3