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Biohacking Village

cybersecurity and biomedical technology research for healthcare
 

2024 DEF CON RECAP

We had an incredible conference this year, with collaborations growing stronger and more impactful each time. We extend our deepest gratitude to our sponsors, whose support enables the Biohacking Village to advance its mission year after year. A heartfelt thank you also goes out to our amazing volunteers, who generously donate their time, energy, and expertise to ensure the conference runs seamlessly. It truly takes the dedication of every one of us to make this event possible, and we eagerly look forward to next year!

DEFCON 32 Biohacking Village group picture

PEOPLE POWER

9

core leads

23

volunteers

21

speakers

3

activities

10k sq ft

of space

5 days

execution

DEVICE LAB BREAKDOWN

FRIDAY

Device Lab Biohacking Village

1,116

Hippocratic Oaths Signed
Device Lab Biohacking Village

25

Vulnerabilites Found

SATURDAY

Device Lab Biohacking Village

1,607

Hippocratic Oaths Signed
Device Lab Biohacking Village

17

Vulnerabilites Found

SUNDAY

Device Lab Biohacking Village

372

Hippocratic Oaths Signed
Device Lab Biohacking Village

0

Vulnerabilites Found
NEED ASSISTANCE?

As a Common Weakness Enumeration (CVE) Numbering Authority (CNA), the Biohacking Village can assist with registering a CVE number that is required as part of each disclosure.

PARTNERSHIPS

Our partnerships with industry-leading cybersecurity experts are designed to elevate the security of medical devices.

Manifest Logo
Solasec Logo
medcrypt logo
GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS
#WeHeartHackers initiative with the FDA Logo

INITIATIVE WITH THE

FDA LOGO
CISA logo
  • 9,000 sq ft / 837 square metres

  • 10 Medical Device Manufacturers

  • $13M estimated value of devices in the room

  • $4T worth of brain power and IP

  • 3,095 Attendees

  • 42 Vulnerability Findings in 20 hours

  • 25 devices

​Medtronic

  • Hugo Surgical robot

  • Next Gen Automated Insulin Pump

  • Covidien Lung (used during Workshops)

Siemens Healthineers

  • Acuson Sequoia

  • Atellica CI Analyzer

  • Varian's Eclipse Treatment Planning System

  • Velocity

BD

  • Elience POC (2)

Boston Scientific

  • Latitude

  • Tempest

Illumina

  • iSeq 100 Sequencing System

Roche

  • Cobas Liat

Philips

  • HealthSuite Patient Monitoring Platform

  • MR Console

Abbott

  • IDNow

  • Merlin@home

  • FreeStyle Libre 3

  • EP Cloud

ICUMedical

  • Plum 360 Medical IV Pump

  • Plum Duo Infusion Pump

ThermoFisher

  • KingFisher Apex Purification System

Omron

  • BP cuff

  • Blood Glucose Reader

  • Oxygen Reader

Code D.A.R.K

  • 1000 sq ft/93 square metres

Numbers of participants and Teams:

  • Users: 142

  • Teams: 66

Submissions:

  • 3649 right submissions (32%)

  • 7723 wrong submissions(68%)

Support tickets:

  • 27 created and handled by CTF Support

Volunteers:

  • 14 CTF Support members

TOP 5 Teams:

PLACE

TEAM

SCORE

1.

Horsemen of the Medpocolypse

10447

2.

Ostrich Lab

10290

3.

idontknowwhat

7525

4.

do-not-reboot

7129

5.

TheMythologist

6309

Out of 13182 total possible points

CTF Stats
2024 Biohacking Village CTF Winners.  Horsemen of the Medpocolypse

CTF Winning Team

Horsemen of the Medpocolypse

Speaker Lab Biohacking Village
  • 21 speakers

  • 75 average Attendees per talk

  • 9 Talks

    • Breaking Boundaries: Popping Shells in the Airgap with $10 and a Dash of Arduino Magic

    • Dysfunctional Unity: The Road to Nowhere

    • Bridging Space and Medicine

    • Eradicating Hepatitis C With BioTerrorism

    • You got a lighter? I need to do some Electroporation.

    • The Past, Present, and Future of Bioweapons

    • D0N0H4RM: Cyber STEM Storytime

    • Village Panel

    • 3DU:Homo (e)x Machina

Table Top Exercises Biohacking Village

1 Tabletop Exercise

  • Small Choices, Global Repercussions: A Tabletop Exercise about decisions making in Healthcare Cybersecurity

    • ​​Crafted by a CISO, Regulatory Strategist, Rare Disease Physician Researcher, and an A&E Artificial Intelligence Physician.

    • Shed light on fresh insights and reshaping our current understanding of healthcare and its future trajectory.

  • 60 attendees

Absolute mind blowing job of crowd coordination and explaining the Village, Device Lab, and Hippocratic Oath to attendees

  • 19 Vols on Friday

  • 19 Vols on Saturday

  • 11 Vols on Sunday

Catalyst Lab Biohacking Village

1 Workshop​

VISITED BY

5 Secretaries of State

and 5 state CIOs

National Security Council Logo

Anne Neuberger

Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Tech at

National Security Council

The White House

WH Office of NationalCyberDirector logo

Harry Coker

US National Cyber Director

Office of the National Cyber Director

Office Of Managemnt and Budget logo

Office of Management and Budget

CISA logo

Nitin Natarajan

Deputy Director

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

ARPAH logo

Renee Wegrzyn

and

Andrew Carney

ARPA-H

HTX logo

Singapore Government Agency

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR

August 7 - 10, 2025
Las Vegas Convention Center
West Hall
300 Convention Center Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall
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