LAS VEGAS — At the largest hacker conference in the world this week, some turned out for a rare overtly partisan event: a fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Organizers said the “Hackers for Harris” event, held late Thursday afternoon in a convention center bar at DEF CON, brought in more than $150,000 in pledged donations — a small amount compared to Harris’ recent hauls, but the largest political fundraiser in the conference’s 31-year-history.
The hackers’ enthusiasm for Harris contrasts with how much a different tech sector, the cryptocurrency industry, has embraced former President Donald Trump.
Some of Trump’s allies drastically misrepresented DEF CON’s findings about election cybersecurity in their failed attempts to prove he had actually won the 2020 election.
Last year, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced a failed amendment to stop paying the salary of a relatively unknown career CISA election cybersecurity official.
Persons:
Kamala Harris, Harris, Kemba Walden, Trump, Joe Biden’s, Jake Braun, “, Biden, ” Walden, Hillary, Donald Trump, cryptocurrency, Chris Krebs, Andy Biggs, gutting CISA, Walden, —, unapologetically, ”
Organizations:
VEGAS, Democratic, DEF CON, Biden, DEF, White, NBC News, POLITICO, Republican, Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S, Heritage Foundation