Notices by 2600 Magazine (2600@mastodon.online)

2600 meetings today! A great place to start planning for HOPE involvement (villages, workshops. talks, etc.) - email hope@hope.net w/your plans. More details at hope.net - find a meeting near you - www.2600.com/meetings

The holidays are coming to an end. And with them the 2600 Holiday Specials. Have one final last look before they disappear. (It could happen at any moment after the 2nd.)
https://store.2600.com/collections/holiday-specials

Due to circumstances beyond our control, "Off The Hook" is canceled for tonight. We'll see you next week!

HOPE has been banned from St. John's University. https://www.2600.com/content/hope-conference-banned-st-johns-university

We've been getting lots of requests recently to help track down ICE facilities. Sadly, we don't have a directory. But these folks do. https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/hsi/our-offices

We are now hosting the DOGE contact list locally. https://www.2600.com/content/2600-twitter-account-frozen-over-doge-contact-list

Our very first issue in 1984 contained a list of govt employees. This is the kind of thing we do.

@jaykass We're hardly "hanging out" with them. Rather, we're not leaving the playground just because they want us to.

JUST IN - Our Twitter (X) account has been locked.

They claim we published "people's private information without their express authorization and permission."

We published names and email addresses of people working for the government. We will not be intimidated.

Here is a DOGE mailing list. Thanks to all who forwarded this to us.

Don't forget! 2600 meetings EVERYWHERE tomorrow! www.2600.com/meetings

Yes, it's true. doge.gov was hacked. We all knew this was inevitable. https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/

Security tip: Locking down a system AFTER an intrusion won't protect the data that's already been compromised.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/politics/elon-musk-doge-treasury-payment-system/index.html

“The Privacy Act [of 1974] forbids agencies sharing personal information without consent.” https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/

We would be remiss not to credit the journalists who broke this story at @WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/

There is nothing illegal about naming inexperienced people currently accessing sensitive government data at the behest of Elon Musk.

They are:
Akash Bobba
Edward Coristine
Luke Farritor
Gautier Cole Killian
Gavin Kliger
Ethan Shaotran

This is a major security breach.

SPREAD

"Off The Hook" is on the air at 7 pm EST on 99.5 FM in NYC! Streaming at wbai.org. "Overtime" at 8 pm EST at https://www.youtube.com/live/WEs-O2NGCVQ!

Happy New Year from all of us at 2600 & the now annual HOPE conference! We hope 2025 is a great one for the entire hacker community.

Major Announcement Regarding the HOPE Conference:

Effective immediately, HOPE will happen EVERY summer, not every two years. HOPE_16 will be August 15-17, 2025!

https://www.2600.com/content/major-announcement-concerning-hope-conference

We are weighing our options with Gmail - we have a few. Expect more tomorrow.