The program debuted at DEF CON 6 on August 1, 1998.

The first DEF CON took place in June 1993.

In 2010, over 10,000 people attended DEF CON 18.

Hacker friends from far and wide got together and laid the foundation for DEF CON, with roughly 100 persons in attendance.

DEF CON 19 and 20 were held at the Rio Hotel & Casino.

On 31 July he spoke at DEF CON and mentioned his phone being "seized".

DEF CON was not included in the sale.

He is one of the speakers at DEF CON 2008, a famous security conference.

Ball had given a talk and been a member of a cDc-sponsored panel on hacktivism at DEF CON 9 in 2001.

A summary of the scientific and legal issues with the program was presented at DEF CON in 2011 by independent security researchers.