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Upcoming Events

DC256 Christmas Party β€” Hacker Holiday Meetup

Date: December 19, 2025
Time: 6–7:30PM @ GigaParts, then 7:30PM and onward @ Field Day (next door)

No food provided β€” we’ll eat at Field Day.
Bring lock picks, Meshtastic, ham radio gear, HackRFs, or anything cool for hacker show & tell!

Dirty Santa Gift Exchange: Bring a fun or 3D-printed gift! 🎁

Flyer for DC256 Christmas Party 2025

Previous Events (2025)

November Meetup – Matthew McDougal AKA Doogie – Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Hacking Workshop

Date: November 21, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

Flyer for November 2025 BLE Hacking Workshop

October Meetup – Hacking Fruit: Exploiting Juice Shop

Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

Flyer for October 2025 Juice Shop event

National Cyber Summit – DC256 Lockpicking Village

Date: September 23–25, 2025
Location: National Cyber Summit, Huntsville, AL

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Village setup & banner
Hands-on demos
Tools & guidance
Close-up practice
Crowd engagement
All skill levels

September Meetup – Lucero Huante-Frias β€” No Free Lateral Moves: Building Zero Trust the Hacker Way

Date: September 19, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

August Workshop – Jason Baird β€” SDR Fundamentals: A Beginner’s Guide to the HackRF

Date: August 15, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

July Meetup – Rae Baker & Bri Benson β€” Attack Surface Intel: Mapping Exposures with OSINT

Date: July 18, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: HudsonAlpha, Huntsville

June Meetup – Rodney Visser β€” Silent Intrusion: Delivering RF-Triggered Cyber Effects

Date: June 20, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

May Workshop – CTF Crash Course

Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

April Meetup – Lost in Translation: How Underlying Decompiler Architecture Shapes Malware Classification

Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

March Workshop – Learn to Lockpick (Dawson Smith)

Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

February Meetup – Brad Horton β€” Red, Blue, Purple, Green, Pink, Rainbow

Date: February 21, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

January Meetup – Paul Coggin β€” Space Cyber Resilience

Date: January 24, 2025
Time: 6PM
Location: GigaParts, Huntsville

Escape House of Terror β€” Haunted House Meetup

Date: October 26, 2024
Location: Huntsville, AL

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September Monthly Meetup β€” Drinks & Live Music @ Maggie Meyers Irish Pub

Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 7PM
Location: Maggie Meyers Irish Pub, Huntsville

DC256 @ DEF CON 32 β€” Community Meetup

Date: August 8, 2024
Location: Las Vegas, NV

Yellowhammer Meshtastic Meetup

Date: July 26, 2024
Location: Yellowhammer Brewing, Huntsville

Brad Proctor β€” SOC & NOC in a Limited Bandwidth Maritime Environment

Date: February 16, 2024
Location: Huntsville, AL

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2023 DC256 Hacker Christmas Party

Date: December 22, 2023
Location: The Monkey’s Wrench, Huntsville

The Monkey's Wrench - DC256 Christmas Party 2023

Beers & Stories with Dildog

Date: December 1, 2023
Time: 7PM
Location: Maggie Meyers Irish Pub, Huntsville

First DC256 Meetup

Date: November 17, 2023
Location: Huntsville, AL