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Hackers rally behind Kamala Harris' presidential campaign


Organizers of "Hackers for Harris," which took place at DEF CON in Las Vegas, said the fundraiser brought in more than $150,000 in pledged donations.

LAS VEGAS — At the largest hacker conference in the world this week, some turned out for a rare overtly partisan event: a fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Kemba Walden, who served in the Trump administration as an election cybersecurity attorney before temporarily becoming President Joe Biden’s acting national cyber director, led the event alongside Jake Braun, her former deputy and a longstanding DEF CON organizer. Last month, Trump reversed his earlier skepticism of cryptocurrency and gave a surprise speech at the world’s biggest bitcoin conference, which made a sudden far-right turn and highlighted a number of prominent Republican politicians and conservative influencers.

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