Man right now it sucks to be Michelle Madigan right about now.
You say who the hell is Michelle Madigan? Well she is a Dateline reporter from NBC who thought it would be a good idea to go to DefCon (the convention of the best hackers in the world), and while undercover, get hackers to admit to illegal activity.
Thing is, the hackers at the convention have serious connections that you wouldn't believe, and every year they play a game called "Spot the Fed" at DefCon. Well this time DefCon staff got wind of Michelle's plot and deiced to play a new game. They told her that the "Spot the Fed" game was going on and lured her to a large hall, then they announced a new game "Spot the undercover reporter", and then said "And there's one in here right now.". Madigan realized that her cover was blown, and raced from the convention. Followed by two dozen reporters hoping to interview her.
Quote from Gizmodo: (Journalists at DefCon have to comply by strict rules of engagement not to be dirty snitches.)
The last thing you want to do is piss off some of the worlds best hackers. Michelle's digital life might not be very fun for a long while!
Read the article after the jump. [Gizmodo]
