Blackphone goes to Def Con and gets hacked – sort of

When the Blackphone team arrived at Def Con last week, they knew they were stepping into a lion’s den. In fact, that’s exactly why they were there. The first generation Blackphone from SGP Technologies has been shipping for just over a month, and the company’s delegation to DefCon—including Silent Circle Chief Technology Officer Jon Callas and newly hired SGP Technologies Chief Security Officer Dan Ford—was looking to both reach a natural customer base and get help with further locking down the device.