Being a convention geek, I found this incredibly funny: Michelle Madigan, Associate Producer of NBC Dateline, went to hacking convention DEFCON 2007 posing as a regular attendant. In reality, she was there to catch someone planning to commit a felony by hacking. The staff found out about it, announced to the crowd that there was an undercover reporter in their midst, and commenced a jolly round of the “Spot the Undercover Reporter Game” (complete with a mugshot of Madigan so the crowd would recognize her). Madigan proceeded to leave the convention (quite calmly and collected, given the circumstances), followed by what’s reported to be about 150 DEFCON attendees.

Watch the video for a good laugh (the videographers and photographers were pretty rude to her, but I can’t say that I wouldn’t have followed her with a camera myself).

via ZDNet