DEFCON Hacker Conference to Require Proof of Vaccination and Masks

July 22, 2021

The infamous DEFCON Hacker conference at Bally’s Las Vegas is requiring all attendees and exhibitors to show proof of vaccination. While every one at the conference will be vaccinated, they also announced that everyone will be required to wear a mask throughout the conference and at all DEFCON events.

DEFCON was started in 1992 by the Dark Tangent, DEFCON is the world’s longest running and largest underground hacking conference. The conference is infamous for allowing attendees to register and pay without having to show an ID, since many at the conference want to remain anonymous due to the nature of their work or hacking activities.

Numerous conference attendees that have been going for over a decade emailed us the information and told us they will not be returning, some because they refuse to take a vaccine to attend an event, some because they say the vaccine passports and IDs destroy the anonymity of the show.