2/2 There are 75,000 Afghans resettling across America and HFC is helping by delivering technology, food, clothing, and friendship. Come hear from several of your new neighbors on SATURDAY (NOT Sunday) at 1130 at the HFC booth in the
#ShmooCon
Chill Out room.
Mourning the loss of our dear friend
@V310C1TY
. He was such a kind soul who gave selflessly of his time, talent and treasure. He was quick to smile in the darkest times and his infectious laugh encouraged us often. Until we meet again, dear friend.
No cons means a massive drop in donations. But thanks to past community donations, our Ugandan Training Center and Hackerspace are still open and our employees are safe and fed and are training “themselves” in mini-cons during the lockdown! WOW!
Headed to
#DerbyCon
? We're helping the Louisville Day School get at-risk kids a jump start in IT education. Please bring working laptops, desktops, LCD's network gear, tablets or smartphones by our booth and we will donate. We can accept shipments as well. Thanks!
The hacker community, working in the background, delivered tens of thousands of dollars of communication and
@GoalZero
gear to
#PuertoRico
. Thanks to all that stepped in to help get PR back on it's feet! You're making a real difference! <3
Stunned and humbled by the kindness of
@Sp4rkCon
! Thank you so much for the love and support! The staff and volunteers have been so wonderful! Much love for you all! ❤️
Stunned, humbled and blessed! Thank you
@Walmart
#Sp4rkCon2019
! Thank you to all the attendees, volunteers and staff that made this amazing event possible! ❤️
Giving back is an important part of our culture
@Walmart
. Thanks to all the associates who volunteered their time working at
#Sp4rkCon2019
, we are delighted to donate to $10,000 through our volunteerism always pays program to an organization close to our hearts,
@ihackcharities
Africa is in big trouble as risk from lockdowns is potentially more dangerous than the virus. We’re thankful that we can at least support our Ugandan staff as they shelter in place thanks to your donations. Thank you!
We are excited and sad to announce that we will have our next and last auction at
@Derbycon
IX next week. Always a great time of fun and community. We are in desperate need of items! Please bring to Derby or ship to the Hyatt. PM for info and thanks!! ❤️
Hey all. If you have a 3D printer, you can make face shields for hospitals that are out of masks. They must be printed in PETG which is available from many sources. There’s a slack channel I found from this link:
Wanted to send a big shout out to everyone who supported us
@shmoocon
! Thanks to Heidi, Bruce, Eddie, and volunteers Sam, Gavin, John, Torry, April, Don, Jamison and Drew and all our amazing supporters! Thank you all so much! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much to David Evenden, John DiFederico, Eric Ziegast and Jeff McJunkin for supporting us by donating their honorariums from this year’s
@WWHackinFest
. You guys are keeping our staff in Uganda going despite some of the strictest quarantines on the planet! 💜
Unfortunately we will not have on-site shirt sales nor an auction at
@DerbyCon
this year. However we will have a small booth, online Derby “fortnite inspired” shirt sales, used equipment collection and more. Much love for this amazing family. See you soon! ❤️
Great auction on eBay benefitting HFC. Five hours left!
@defcon
26 badge set. . If it goes to $249, 75% goes to HFC (50% otherwise).
Thanks for bidding and for your support!
Thank you, community, for voting for us in the
@TripwireInc
fundraiser. You pulled in $1010! I think it’s wicked cool that the donation is binary. :-) <3
We are sad to say we will not be attending
#DEFCON27
this year. We have a lot of love for the event and the community but it has become very expensive and logistically complex for us to pull it off this year. Thanks for your continued support. You keep us running! ❤️
#RedBlackSecurity
C3X: Canadian Collegiate Cyber Exercise, Oct 22-24 A unique and dynamic Red vs Blue cyber exercise, developed to advance and refine the knowledge, skills and adaptability of the next generation of Cyber Defense and ICT Professionals in Canada. Supporting HFC! <3
Check out a few of the amazing items up for auction this year at
#shmoocon
. Auction ends at 5PM today!
@ihackstuff
#cyber
get your bids in so they can go home with you!
Reminder: HFC auction taking place in the Chill Out room at
#ShmooCon
today at 5PM. Join us for a great cause and have the chance to take home some awesome swag!
A donor has offered up a ton of LCD and some hubs, switches, misc stuff to a good cause. Would require local pickup in Missouri. Send us the project you want to use it for and you can have all you want.
Excited about HFC volunteer Aleks and his work in Uganda! He's done a lot, and this is the beginning: 360 cameras in our hackerspace in Uganda! Our junior hackers loved the tech and gave us a tour with the new gear!
Thank you to EVERYONE who came out this evening for the charity auction! It was an amazing event (and some great comedy to go with - TY
@quadling
!) The total amount donated comes in at an awesome $5400!!
#shmoocon
Wanna help our partner kids win the People's Choice Award for a STEAM event they created and are down to the top 6 in the province??? We need "votes" which is a like on their picture on FB.
Thank you guys for the love and support! What a great conference at one of the coolest venues we’ve ever experienced.. and one of the coolest hotels as well! Thank you all! ❤️
Calling all authors, makers, gearheads and collectors! Our fans love our charity auctions and the most popular (and lucrative) items are signed books, gear and memorabilia. Please reach out if you have cool books/gear to help our cause! Thank you! ❤️
Young ppl are learning far more than
#hardskills
in building & programming
#robots
here @ the Jinja Hackerspace: problem solving, critical & creative thinking, responsibility & self confidence. ✳️Education means so much more than
#school
!✳️ TY
@ihackcharities
@ihackstuff
#STEMed
Piano Bar time
@DerbyCon
with
@BlueTeamSherpa
upstairs ear Mental Health Village. Come request your favorite song and sing along! This was “Rainbow connection” in honor of the giant unicorn!
Donate here
Some physical locations on the West coast of the US are taking drop off donations for shipping.
Hey
@ihackcharities
got any portable solar power charging stations left from helping
#PuertoRico
after
#HurricaneMaria
?
Please help raise awareness
@billpollock
@nostarch
Congratulations on getting eyes on this problem. I know it was a serious hassle and had real impact on your business but you handled it like the true professional you are.
Thank you so much,
@Paterva
for the very kind support! You all have been great friends through the years. If you aren't using Maltego.. bro. Do you even OSINT?
Donor offered space on small planes Miami->Bahamas for relief equipment. Looking for gear, supplies, donations and recipients. More info to come as it develops.
On the way and excited about 614con! We have a cool online silent auction with some great stuff open to bids inside and outside the conference!
@hthackers
🔴 🔵 There's still time to join the Red vs Blue game and help a great non-profit,
@ihackcharities
and
@codeorg
, win $10,000. All you have to do is join a team by picking up a game card at booth
#822
. It's free and there's swag included! Learn more:
Looking for a volunteer in the Hagerstown, MD area to move some swag containers from storage unit to FedEx for shipping. May require a light trick or SUV as it may be too much for a small car. Payment terms: copious swag? 😊
Why would a bunch of hackers give up prize money? We do lots of crazy things like this. Read about it here: and
@ExtraHop
's post here: . I really love our community. Thanks
@securityweekly
for starting this! :-D
Signed Derbycon IX "Finish Line" Signed Commemorative "Zombie Killer" Louisville Slugger auction is now live! This is a one-of a kind piece of hacker history and culture signed by the amazing Derbycon team at the "final table" during closing ceremonies!
@find_evil
The hacker community is responsible for everything we have done. Check out our website. We have worked together despite all our differences. There is a ton of good in this community that didn’t exist a decade ago.
@unregistered436
Depends on their sense of humor. And the level of your relationship. And whether or not you’re prone to random acts of blackhatting. 👍