Re: Security did no homework, just gut reaction
I think that, from the context, we all read that tweet and read "attack" as "hacking attack". I suspect the hotel read it as "violent physical attack, perhaps with guns".
That makes a big difference. Try reading the tweet again with that change.
Now of course, to us it was clearly a joke about the traditional hacking that happens on DefCon's wifi network. To a physical security person who missed all the context, it could be taken as a terrorist threat.
I think the hotel took the tweet out of context, massively overreacted, and lied to him (which is never acceptable) about DefCon being involved with kicking him out. If DefCon security or management had gotten involved, they would have seen the context and tried to fix the hotel's misunderstanding.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
