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Physical hacking at BSidesTLV 2024 🇮🇱
Time flies, but it's always good to have a happy reminder.
I had the honor of volunteering at the lockpicking booth and had a great time. 😎
I was very skeptical at first and couldn't see the point of why people chose to waste their time trying to do a mechanical hack when they could be trying to jailbreak a Wi-Fi at the next booth.
But as time passed, I met motivated hackers, heard some tips from professionals, and saw moments of joy following success, alongside moments of frustration and disappointment following unsuccessful attempts, the same as the hacking experiences I already know. Eventually, my curiosity won, and I chose to give it a try.
Long story short: I did it big time!!! 💥
The Flag of The "Lock Fun" Challenge had been captured. 🚀
POCs in the carousel.
Thanks to all the attendees who visited this booth during my shift. It was a pleasure to meet you all.
Special thanks to my shift partner, Dina Treves, and the no.1 volunteer leader, Michal Kamensky !!!
Inside the hall, on stage as always, great talks one after another by returning speakers and some new ones, and two steady traditional icons:
1️⃣ Keren Elazari - the star at the front of the stage and behind the scenes, leads everything professionally and with talent.
2️⃣ The annual update by Gal Bitensky about how his cats are doing, wrapped up in a fascinating research story about bots.
An extraordinary moment was when, at the announcing part of the winning team in the first place of the CTF competition, Tomer Zait was invited to the stage. But he didn't go up alone a line of young teenagers followed him. I'm pretty sure he could solve the challenges on his own and even faster, but he seems to have chosen to grow by lifting others. 🏆
In the carousel below - some snapshots.
In comments - a collection of hacking techniques.
Feel free to add photos and thoughts or tag people you recognize.
It's a challenging time in Israel, but our spirit is strong!
Together We Stand!
Together We Hack!
Am Israel Chai! 🇮🇱❤️
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1wGreat start to the Hackathon. Excited to see the innovative ideas from the participants' projects tomorrow.