Yeah, I guess I assumed that being FDIC insured took most of that sketchiness away. I’m to blame for not doing more research before I had a problem. But I still think they at very least need to update their docs to say that there is a significant delay.
A bunch of hackers (and some Feds) all hanging out at a hotel in downtown DC. Oh yea, there are some talks you can attend as well :)
Shmoocon, like DerbyCon and other small conferences, are in my opinion, better than DEFCON and BlackHat.