Dateline NBC 'mole' outed, booted at Defcon 15 (Dinosaur Media™ Humiliation)

InfoWorld ^ | August 03, 2007 | Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

[SteveMcKing]

In a story of betrayal worthy of an episode of Dateline NBC, undercover producer Michelle Madigan was exposed and forced out of the conference on Friday

Dateline NBC Producer Michelle Madigan was publicly outed at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas Friday after show organizers were tipped off that she was trying to film show attendees with a hidden camera.
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Madigan ran from the show after organizers publicly threatened to escort her from the event at the beginning of a 4 p.m. conference session by noted hacker HD Moore. "She literally kicked the door open," said "Priest," a show official who declined to be identified. "She made the mistake of running. Had she taken it like an adult, she would have been treated with kid gloves, treated with respect."
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The Dateline NBC producer continued out to a nearby parking lot, surrounded by a small crowd of show attendees and media, talking briefly on her mobile phone and not saying anything to the gathering crowd.
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Show organizers had been warning attendees all day of Madigan's presence and had repeatedly asked her if she would register as press, Priest said.
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Show organizers believe that Madigan had been looking to talk to hackers and federal agents, possibly with the intention of drawing attention to the fact that federal agents participate in a show whose attendees are known to skirt the law. "My guess is that she wanted a splash piece along the lines of, 'We have a whole bunch of people who are criminals. We have federal agents here as well,'" Priest said.

[MaxMax]

Instead of Spot the Fed, they were going to play Spot the Undercover Reporter and then announced,
“And there’s one in here right now.” Madigan, realizing she’d been had, jumped from her seat and bolted out the door

HAH, thats priceless.

[Shelayne]

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Your guess is as good as mine! ;^)

[VOA]

Memo to Michelle Madigan:

Ever notice how the camera adds 10 pounds?

To each of your hips?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

That was great! All the guys laughing and razzing her as she made her OJ-Slow-Drive getaway! My favorites were “Do you have any comments?” and “We just want to ask you some questions!”.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["DefCon staff lured her to a large hall telling her that the Spot the Fed contest was in session and that she could get a picture of an undercover federal agent at the contest. When she sat down, Jeff Moss, DefCon’s founder, announced that they were changing the game. Instead of Spot the Fed, they were going to play Spot the Undercover Reporter and then announced, “And there’s one in here right now.” Madigan, realizing she’d been had, jumped from her seat and bolted out the door with reporters carrying cameras chasing after her through the parking lot and to her car."]

BWAAAAAHAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAA!

Snort.

[Atlantian]

Ping

[mad_as_he$$]

Hackers are the last guys on Earth you want to piss off. I bet all of here credit goes to he$$ and she has massive “personal information” issues in the near future.

[jimboster]

I love her comment as they're trying to "interview"

"Guys, I'm just.....come on.....