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San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Exploring the Hacker’s Mind with DEF CON Black Badge Winner Alethe Denis

Date:
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 – Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Location:
San Diego Convention Center, California
Illustrated poster of Alethe Denis from the Bishop Fox Red Team featured at SDCC July 2025. Text reads: 'Inside the Hacker’s Mind – Cybersecurity, Culture, and the Code Behind the Chaos.'

We’re thrilled to announce that Alethe Denis will be featured at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 in a special panel hosted by Dent the Future.

Titled Inside the Hacker’s Mind, this conversation will dive deep into the intersection of hacker culture, cybersecurity, and the psychology that drives human behavior in digital spaces. Alethe, a Senior Security Consultant at Bishop Fox and a DEF CON Black Badge Hall of Fame winner, famously compromised a Fortune 500 company using nothing but a phone call—live, in front of hundreds. Her red team exploits read like a spy novel, and her work has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel, and others.

The session will explore not just the technical side of hacking, but also the motives, ethics, and social context that shape the hacker mindset. Expect thoughtful commentary, unexpected insights, and stories from behind the keyboard that blur the line between cybersecurity and culture.

If you’re heading to SDCC 2025, don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Alethe and other fascinating voices in the field.


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About the speaker, Alethe Denis

Senior Security Consultant

Alethe Denis is a Senior Security Consultant at Bishop Fox. She is best known for social engineering, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and performing security assessments and trainings for both the private and public sectors with emphasis on critical infrastructure organizations. Alethe was awarded a DEF CON Black Badge at DEF CON 27 for Winning the 10th annual Social Engineering Capture the Flag (SECTF) contest. Using both OSINT and Social Engineering skills, she compromised her target Fortune 500 company using just a telephone. She, along with her teammates, received a bronze, silver, most valuable OSINT, and black badge award from a series of TraceLabs capture-the-flag contests, including first place in

She’s a frequent conference speaker and podcast guest, including speaking at DerbyCon, BsidesSF and ConINT, as well as an appearance on the TraceLabs, Layer 8 Conference, and Darknet Diaries podcasts.

Alethe is always focused on giving back to the information and cybersecurity community, including her work conducting free Security Awareness Trainings and hosting workshops for people who want to get into the cybersecurity industry.

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