Slides here: https://www.defcon.org/images/defcon-22/dc-22-presentations/Quaddi-R3plicant-Hefley/DEFCON-22-Quaddi-R3plicant-Hefley-Hacking-911-UPDATED.pdf

Hacking 911: Adventures in Disruption, Destruction, and Death
Christian “quaddi” Dameff MD
Jeff “r3plicant” Tully MD
Peter Hefley SENIOR MANAGER - SUNERA
Ever wonder what you would do if the people you needed most on the worst day of your entire life just weren’t there?

Emergency medical services (EMS) are the safety nets we rely on every day for rapid, life-saving help in the absolute gravest of circumstances, but these services rely on antiquated infrastructures that were outdated twenty years ago with vulnerabilities large enough to drive an ambulance through, little municipal governmental support for improved security, and a severe lack of standardized security protocols.

Join quaddi, r3plicant, and Peter- two MDs and a security pro as they review the archaic nature of the 911 dispatch system and its failure to evolve with a cellular world, the problems that continue to plague smaller towns without the resources of large urban centers, how the mischief of swatting and phreaking can quickly transform into the mayhem of cyberwarfare, and the medical devastation that arises in a world without 911. Addressing these problems is a Herculean task but the alternative is a system susceptible to total ownage at the worst possible time.

Christian “quaddi” Dameff and Jeff “r3plicant” Tully are recently graduated physicians, researchers, and DEF CON regulars with a passion for the intersection between security and healthcare. With a shared background in resuscitation and emergency medical services research, and the evolving use of technology in the practice and delivery of care, quaddi and r3plicant have positioned themselves at the forefront of a new group of practitioners savvy in the myriad of ways that security (or lack thereof) is beginning to shape the medicine of the future.

Twitter: @CDameffMD @jefftullymd

Peter Hefley is an information security consultant with experience in the retail, payment processing, financial, energy, defense, and healthcare industries. Enraged by constant reports that his PHI has been lost by Tricare and recognizing opportunities for improvement in healthcare, he seeks to improve the field by facilitating partnerships between security folk and clinicians.

Twitter: @PeterHefley