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DEF CON 33 - The Ultimate Hack : Applying Lessons Learned from the loss of TITAN - John Mauger

DEF CON 33 - The Ultimate Hack : Applying Lessons Learned from the loss of TITAN - John Mauger

Source: YouTube · DEFCONConference · published Oct 10, 2025 · 20:15

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The talk details the tragic loss of the Titan submersible during its 2023 voyage to the Titanic wreckage and applies lessons learned to maritime cybersecurity 0:42. Five people were aboard the submersible when it imploded 3,800m below the North Atlantic, triggering an unprecedented international search and rescue operation 1:30. The Coast Guard-led response faced immense challenges including remote location, extreme depth, and limited specialized equipment, requiring complex logistics to deploy remotely operated vehicles to the scene 4:02.

The investigation revealed how the operators exploited regulatory seams by classifying passengers as "mission specialists" and how warning signs from the carbon fiber hull's monitoring system were ignored 12:02. These lessons highlight vulnerabilities in maritime operations where less than 1% of the world's oceangoing fleet is covered by mandatory cybersecurity regulations 15:48.

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  • 0:42 Introduction of speaker and topic
  • 1:30 Description of Titan capsule and incident
  • 4:02 Search and rescue challenges
  • 12:02 Investigation findings
  • 15:48 Maritime cybersecurity vulnerabilities

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So, we're not doing the the 12:00 talk. Talk is called the ultimate hack. Applying lessons learned from the loss of the Titanic to maritime security, not Titan. Sorry. Yeah, it's still early, man. It's like the con. Um, got TI. Anyway, um, here we have Dr. Dr. John Mer. >> Merger. >> Mger. >> Yeah. So um and here's his talk and this is his first talk. So please give him a round of applause >> and hopefully I won't mess this up anymore. >> There you go. >> Hey, thanks so much. I appreciate it. >> Uh we did it off stage a second ago, so uh we got going. Hey, thanks for coming out. You know, the theme for uh Defcon this year is access everywhere. And over the course of the next couple of minutes, I'm going to take you to the most inaccessible uh place here on Earth. We're going to go 3,800 m …