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Rochester 2600

Rochester's longest running hacking and information security meetup group. A community of locals interested in discussing security, sharing knowledge, and enjoying technology.

Latest meeting updates

Meetings

Look below for the latest information on meetings. Click on the meeting to see the list of presentations.

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Meeting 06/03/2022 DNA Edition

  • By antitree
  • at May 12, 2022

Location: Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT

Attending a 2600 meeting this month means you will see a trist into risk management while we listen to documented gender barriers of predictive crystals and Brian . Anyways, here’s the list of talks:

  • This month in infosec
  • RNA’t You Ready To Get CRISPR’d?

Disclaimer: All blog text is automatically generated by the 2600 bot of doom. The presentations are real but otherwise we do not really know what will be produced. All complaints should be directed at the bot.

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Meeting 05/06/2022 Johnny Depp Edition

  • By antitree
  • at May 4, 2022

Location: Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT

Welp. Time for another meeting. Come on down this month and see a AI driven unmitigated hate in spite of our presenters disclosing their feelings on a sumo wrestle match between pseudoscience and anger . Presentations this months include:

Disclaimer: All blog text is automatically generated by the 2600 bot of doom. The presentations are real but otherwise we do not really know what will be produced. All complaints should be directed at the bot.

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Meeting 04/01/2022 Ukraine Edition

  • By antitree
  • at April 1, 2022

Location: Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT

The First Friday 2600 meeting will be a solumn discussion of prestigue while we take a look at a somber discussion of a pound of butter and Bitcoin . Here are the actual talks this month:

  • This month in infosec review

Disclaimer: All blog text is automatically generated by the 2600 bot of doom. The presentations are real but otherwise we do not really know what will be produced. All complaints should be directed at the bot.

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Our Attendees

Rochester 2600 hosts information security professionals, IT and operations teams, hackers, nerds, lawyers, law enforcement, activists, and anyone that's interested in learning about security. It's a place to meetup and share information, ideas, and technical information witha group. Attend a meeting to learn about information security from professionals and amateurs alike.

What is 2600?

2600 is a reference to 2600: Hacker Quarterly. A periodical that's been around since the 80's. We host our meetings on the first Friday of every month because that's when all 2600 meetings should be hosted. We don't have any official relationship with the org, it's just a platform to gather around.

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What to expect

If you've never attended a meeting, we are generally loosely organized. We present on the latest security news of the month and usually follow it with at least one presentations from one of our attendees. Expect to laugh and interact with the rest of the group. Bring a laptop if you wish but it's usually unnecessary.

Every time I come here I learn something new I should be concerned about.

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Aleks

Lawyer

I thought "hackers" were trolls on 4chan but I realized that they're mostly professionals that are eager to learn and share knowledge.

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Tyler

Former RIT Student

I attended these meetings so that I could learn how to trade body parts on the "dark web". They didn't help me at all but I still learned something.

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Brian Backpack

Drug Dealer

The monthly news review is useful but also very depressing when you can't tell if the headlines are from 2020 or 2005.

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Mark

Pentester

Ways to stay involved

Getting Involved

If you're interested in finding out more, consider RSVP'ing to a meeting so we know how many people might show up. Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. Hangout with some of us in the #security channel of RocDev.

RSVP to Meetings

Let us know if you're coming so we can leave the light on for you. Meetup.com is our our primary place where we let you know about the latest meeting location and times.

Latest Announcements

Follow us on Twitter for updates on latest meetings, new locations, or parking suggestions. If there's a sudden change, we'll announce it here. We also share information about our partner projects.

Chat With The Community

Join us on and the western new york hacker community in the Infosec 716 Discord server in the link below:

Give a Talk

Talks are anything security, hacker, or technology related. We've had anything from how to setup a web proxy to quantum physics. It's a great way to share with the group what you're interested in. If you aren't sure what to talk about, check out our ABC's of infosec spreadsheet.