DEF CON security conference
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DEF CON security conference is one of the world’s largest and most influential annual hacker and cybersecurity gatherings, known for its technical talks, hacking contests, and vibrant security research community.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DEF CON security conference canonical | 2 |
| DEF CON (as earlier conference by same founder) | 1 |
| DEF CON Communications, Inc. | 1 |
| DEFCON | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7482269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEF CON security conference Context triple: [Jon Oberheide, hasGivenTalkAt, DEF CON security conference]
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
ApacheCon
ApacheCon is the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation, focused on open-source software projects and the Apache community.
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C.
IBM THINK conference
The IBM THINK conference is IBM’s flagship annual technology and business event that showcases innovations in cloud, AI, and enterprise solutions for IT and business leaders.
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D.
Foo Camp unconference
Foo Camp unconference is an invitation-only, participant-driven technology and innovation gathering organized by O'Reilly Media that helped popularize the "unconference" format.
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E.
IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo is a trade show and conference organizer known for producing major technology events and exhibitions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEF CON security conference Target entity description: DEF CON security conference is one of the world’s largest and most influential annual hacker and cybersecurity gatherings, known for its technical talks, hacking contests, and vibrant security research community.
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
ApacheCon
ApacheCon is the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation, focused on open-source software projects and the Apache community.
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C.
IBM THINK conference
The IBM THINK conference is IBM’s flagship annual technology and business event that showcases innovations in cloud, AI, and enterprise solutions for IT and business leaders.
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D.
Foo Camp unconference
Foo Camp unconference is an invitation-only, participant-driven technology and innovation gathering organized by O'Reilly Media that helped popularize the "unconference" format.
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E.
IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo is a trade show and conference organizer known for producing major technology events and exhibitions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
cybersecurity conference ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
DEFCON
ⓘ
linked to:
DEF CON security conference
Def Con ⓘ |
| audience |
IT professionals
ⓘ
government security personnel ⓘ hackers ⓘ journalists ⓘ security researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusArea |
computer security
ⓘ
cybersecurity research ⓘ hacking ⓘ information security ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jeff Moss ⓘ |
| founderAlias | Dark Tangent ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| fullName | DEF CON security conference ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
CTF finals
ⓘ
IoT hacking ⓘ biohacking ⓘ capture the flag competitions ⓘ car hacking ⓘ crypto and privacy workshops ⓘ hacking contests ⓘ hardware hacking ⓘ lockpicking ⓘ radio and wireless hacking ⓘ social engineering contests ⓘ technical talks ⓘ villages ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasPolicy |
badge required for entry
ⓘ
code of conduct ⓘ no recording in some areas ⓘ |
| hasSocialMedia | @defcon on Twitter ⓘ |
| hasTheme | openness to the security community ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
talk tracks
ⓘ
workshop tracks ⓘ |
| hasVillage |
Biohacking Village
ⓘ
Car Hacking Village ⓘ Crypto & Privacy Village ⓘ Hardware Hacking Village ⓘ IoT Village ⓘ Lockpick Village ⓘ Social Engineering Village ⓘ Wireless Village ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://defcon.org ⓘ |
| inceptionYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
badge hacking
ⓘ
cutting-edge security research presentations ⓘ hands-on hacking contests ⓘ large-scale hacker gathering ⓘ live vulnerability demonstrations ⓘ strong hacker community culture ⓘ |
| notableEventType | Capture the Flag (CTF) ⓘ |
| organizer |
DEF CON Communications, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
DEF CON security conference
|
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| relatedCommunity | global hacker community ⓘ |
| relatedConference |
Black Hat Briefings
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Hat security conference
|
| ticketType | cash-at-door (historically) ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ |
| usualMonthHeld | August ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DEF CON security conference Description of subject: DEF CON security conference is one of the world’s largest and most influential annual hacker and cybersecurity gatherings, known for its technical talks, hacking contests, and vibrant security research community.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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DEF CON security conference
linked to: DEF CON security conference