I found this story quite humorous when I read it first thing this morning. I can just picture some disgruntled IT guy working for Dateline getting the word out via IM to his uber geek friends.
Wired has the scoop along with photos of this reporter (although from the looks of it she was getting paparazzi level photo coverage on her way out)
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DefCon security on Friday warned attendees at the annual hacker conference that Dateline NBC may have sent a mole with a hidden camera to the event to capture hackers admitting to crimes. DefCon says it was tipped off by their own mole at Dateline who sent them a pic of the undercover journalist who DefCon employees identified as producer Michelle Madigan.
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DefCon, an annual underground hacking convention in Las Vegas, has a strict policy against filming conference attendees — TV media outlets are barred from sweeping a room with their cameras and also have to get permission from any individuals before capturing them on film. All journalists covering DefCon sign an agreement upon registering for the conference that outlines the rules, but the DefCon organizers say the mole apparently registered as a regular attendee, thereby bypassing the legal agreement.
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