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by a1a 3525 days ago
To be fair, if it was a con

1/2) Hijack identity of someone reputable

3) Create scam device

4) Film a video that looks like a DEFCON speech. Some simple video editing should fix the face. Voice likely doesn't matter. Start speech by saying "oh this talk is not listed, we changed topic last second"

5) Hack blog and post bogus article

6) Profit

TLDR still not likely