Sylvester

Sylvester is an editor and author for the German computer magazine c’t and its sister publication heise online. He writes mostly about Linux and open source, IT security, and topics adjacent to programming and software engineering. He also co-hosts a podcast on IT security.

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Events with this speaker

Day 3
16:00
60m
APT Down and the mystery of the burning data centers

In August 2025 Phrack published the dump of an APT member's workstation. It was full of exploits and loot from government networks, cell carriers and telcos. The dump sparked a government investigation, and corpos like LG and Korea Telecom were asked to explain themselves. Hours before an onsite audit, the data center mysteriously caught fire, destroying almost a hundred servers. Then another data center burned - and unfortunately, there was even one death. The talk aims to revisit this mysterious sequence of tragic incidents.

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