Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published February 28, 2024
A two-day event has brought 400 people to Augusta for what sounds like a meeting for fans of Marvel Universe movies.
AvengerCon IX is underway at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center. It started in 2016 as a small event at Fort Meade, Md. As it grew it moved off post, ultimately coming to Augusta in 2024.
At its core, it is a training event to help understand the hacker culture and learn techniques of the so-called hacker “black hats,” individuals who break into computer systems with malicious intent. It features panel discussions, hacker villages, and training workshops.