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What we are now:
Well, on the good side we don't need, We are derp, ermahgerd, DERP! a small group based on hacking, cyber security and other cool hacking stuff. Teaching noobs how to hack and not be a kali linux script kiddy since 2014. Anarchy, Chaos, it all rules the streets in a ra... anyways Derp Con Group 702 is here.
As long as you are not a fascist, you are welcome to join and be apart of a legendary group.
Old DC702 Blob:
A little reflection and coming to the realization. I have decided to give up trying, There is just no honor amongst thieves. So, What is the point?
Back in 2014 post Defcon, a few local friends and I started DC702 that manifested into DC702.net, they moved away around 2016 because that is what people do, they find better opportunities in their life and they move away. So around this time I started to merge the meetings with the local Ratsun LV group monthly and started to advertise a lil about it.
Attempted to start emailing the DCG from their application guide, I didn't get rejected at first just a few things to fix before they will add this group to the list to be "official" so I made the adjustments, replied with it... and heard nothing back, waited a month more and re-submitted and heard nothing, every month up until 2019 I've submitted my application to the DCG and heard nothing, being extremely busy with work I've came nothing of it to reach out about it. (July 2019 my dearly close friend and mother passed away suddenly and destroyed me). I took a bit of a break from pushing for an Official Group henceforth labeling the unofficial group. 2020, pandemic hits and everyone goes online. So I've opened my personal discord that I use for streaming up. I get some random people jump in, I used to get scared because at the time I've been doing charity streams that lead me on the front page of twitch in which I used to be scared of people in general, but I waited for them to say something. At this time, maybe it wasn't clear but people are always free to ask questions as I did schedule things to do a meet up on the discord but no one showed or even showed interest. The names to remain nameless but at this time they were forming a second DC702 group and I've had no clue and before one of these guys said upon leaving was "fuck this, and fuck you" just out of the blue. I am like what did I do?
Fast forward a few years later, as the ratsun meets return, I brought back the DC702 meets, I would get a few people to stop by and discuss recent security events. Out of the blue, someone invited me to the "new" dc702, so I joined and stated who I was. Obviously they knew asked if I could just forward my dc702.net to theirs and let them do their thing. A little OSInt and I found out that they formed it after stating there isn't one currently on the forums. (that hurt especially after I've been applying to be an official group since 2016) and of course I was upset because I worked hard to make things happen, over the few years I've remarketed to even attempted to just go as a nonprofit but in the end I just kept going regardless how much I am being disregarded to exist. One of their admin's did reach out after the announcement of being a nonprofit, but their resolution was just be a simple member and show up to the weekly meetings with 0 respect of what I've been doing, working on for so long and gave me the feeling that I should just disregard all of that.
So over the course of the new announcement, if we end up being the chapter of DC East Las Vegas,so be it but regardless of what happens, sure I will live up to this group but at this point when I was told to fix something, then ghosted for years, and then rejected because I can only speculate because someone else they liked better takes my place, especially when I worked sooo hard to build up the group as far as I have.
So at this point I have failed, not because of me, but because I was judged before anything else, rejected because I am not some standard that is set in the infosec. yes I am a hacker and I was a criminal hacker but that was the past. My crime is to educate and mentor people on the right path and stay true to the white hat nature.
With all that said and done, I am done trying to keep up this group, it's beyond exhausting and with all that has been said and done. My feelings personally comes out like this: "Fuck them, I am done. Since they want to be the only DC702, then so be it, as they took it from me, lied to everyone that they were and are the only ones active and since I am just one vs an army of people now, I can't win so, time to bow out and I just hope they just shove it down their throats and choke on it, fucking heartless bastards" is how I feel, and since I have been fighting to move back to the Pacific NorthWest anyways, I'll just start over from there. What a great time to give up on this as a project in a hole, it was fun while it lasted. I am too tired to keep on trying just to keep on failing especially when no one wants to help me, even rejected by the confrence that I love to attend, just it sucks to be treated like so.
For the ones who did shown up, sorry this is a long time coming. Just never had the support I've been asking for, for the longest time. Regardless of my feelings and how things are ending, please keep the peace.
I would have loved to keep this going, would have loved to keep leading DC702 and to keep inspiring the next generation to the DEF CON experience and share my knowledge and experiences since 98