<story><title>‘Legacy system’ exposed Black Hat 2018 attendees’ contact information</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/legacy-system-exposed-black-hat-2018-attendees-contact-information/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ghaff</author><text>I guess this is a story because it&amp;#x27;s Black Hat and someone who wasn&amp;#x27;t supposed to be able to access this info did. However, conference attendee information is widely sold and shared as a matter of course. You shouldn&amp;#x27;t consider it as anything approaching confidential.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lawnchair_larry</author><text>Yep, most attendees seem to be unaware, but a big part of their sponsor&amp;#x2F;exhibitor pitch involves selling access to this data. Most booths have a gimmick, such as a giveaway or party invite, which requires scanning your ID badge. That scan transfers all of your personal info, including employer and job title, straight into their CRM. At BlackHat, despite the large price tag, attendees are the product, and vendors are the customers.</text></comment>
<story><title>‘Legacy system’ exposed Black Hat 2018 attendees’ contact information</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/legacy-system-exposed-black-hat-2018-attendees-contact-information/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ghaff</author><text>I guess this is a story because it&amp;#x27;s Black Hat and someone who wasn&amp;#x27;t supposed to be able to access this info did. However, conference attendee information is widely sold and shared as a matter of course. You shouldn&amp;#x27;t consider it as anything approaching confidential.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matthew-wegner</author><text>The conference is over, but it&amp;#x27;s certainly be more of a social engineering risk if it were used beforehand (especially people attending as aliases printed on their badges).</text></comment>