CTF and other events in the UK?

[Mark.Wityszyn at ventura-uk.com (Mark Wityszyn)]

Hi M,

I'm in Leeds and I'm struggling to find other people or groups which are 
interested in the same way.

I'm getting the feeling if there are any they're small pockets of people. 
I was once told there was a meeting of some description in Leeds, but I 
can't find anything about it anywhere.

Totally agree on the conferences, InfoSec sucked and the content in the 
presentation's weren't anything new if you read any blogs or listen to 
non-UK podcasts.

Where are you?

Mark






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Hi all,

Working in the IT industry, I'm well aware that computer security is a 
world-wide problem, however I'm having real issues finding other 
people in the UK that are interested in events like Capture the Flag 
and security conferences.

Most of the security conferences I've attended over here are really 
glorified sales pitches from the primary sponsor along with loads of 
other companies guaranteing to "secure 100% of your data for ever and 
never get hacked in your life whilst your one of our customers for 
less money than you might think" and other such quackery. [0]

Is anyone else on the list in the UK?  If so, have I missed an entire 
sub-culture or is it just not british to talk about the fact that 
people get hacked? :)

Cheers,

M.

[0] If you value your data, you shouldn't need to secure it for "less 
than you think", you should be willing to pay what ever you have to 
IMHO... :P
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