[caymanjim]

I agree. Protecting against DDoS attacks is incredibly difficult. I'm just enjoying the irony of Def Con, the premiere computer security and hacking convention, not being able to handle traffic.

To be fair, I don't think they crashed; I saw a "sorry too much traffic try later" type message. Still amuses me.

[komali2]

I guess it's funny, but the attendees don't necessarily represent the organizers. The best hackers in the world may be in the building during Defcon but I don't think the Defcon organization itself necessarily employs them.

[loriverkutya]

To me this means they decided not to handle the traffic instead of can’t handle it.