Chris Rock is known for being a security researcher. But he’s also a black hat incident responder. He tells us about a job he did in the middle east.
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Sources
- Video: DEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill You
- Video: DEF CON 24 - Chris Rock - How to Overthrow a Government
- Video: DEF CON 30 - Chris Rock - Killer Hertz
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Assembled by Tristan Ledger.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Mixing by Proximity Sound.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Transcript
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JACK: [Music] Just a content warning from the top here; there’s quite a few swear words in this one. I don’t know, do these content warnings even help anyone? Let me know if you like knowing if there’s swear words coming up or not.
Someone who’s been on my radar for the last decade is a guy named Chris Rock. Not that Chris Rock; a different Chris Rock, a white guy, an Australian. I know him as a security researcher, but as soon as I got on the call with him, I started learning that he’s way more than just a researcher.