Inviting the hackers inside

A limo speeds away from Seattle's Pioneer Square carrying an unlikely party on an unusual quest. A group of security researchers and a member of Microsoft's security response team have bonded, in search of--a haircut. The expedition, held in September, was part of the Limo Races, a citywide scavenger hunt serving as the informal end to Blue Hat, the internal Microsoft security conference that started two years ago. The conference has become a twice-yearly event bringing some of the world's top hackers inside Microsoft's walls for two days of presentations before the software maker's executives and engineering ranks.

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