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Stands for: 8.8 Computer Security Conference - Chile's technical hacking conference, wrapped in pop culture
Chile's technical hacking conference - '100% técnico y académico', wrapped every year in a different pop-culture theme, from The Matrix to Unreal.
Founded in Santiago in 2011 and co-created by Gabriel Bergel, 8.8 Computer Security Conference set out to 'democratize knowledge and build community' - and measured itself into a regional institution: over its first 16 years, more than 90 events, 500-plus speakers, and 27,000-plus attendees across eight countries, plus spinoffs like 8.8 Gobierno run with Chile's national CSIRT. The signature is tone: rigorous content inside a colorful, pop-culture-soaked frame (the 15th edition dressed as The Matrix; 2026's is Unreal). With Ekoparty and DragonJAR it completes the southern circuit where Latin America's security scene talks to itself.
Also known as: 8.8, 8dot8, 8punto8