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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that BSides Leeds 2026 raised £3,202.32 for Candlelighters! A huge thank you to everyone who donated, attended, volunteered, spoke and supported us. Your generosity will help support children and families affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire. #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Three weeks on from #BSidesLeeds 2026 and we're already planning for 2027! A huge thank you to our speakers, sponsors, volunteers and everyone who attended. Interested in sponsoring BSides Leeds 2027? Get in touch! See you next year.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

🎮 BSides Leeds 2026 — GAME OVER 🎮 🏆 Objectives achieved 🧩 Challenges completed 💡 Knowledge unlocked 🤝 Community strengthened Thanks to our speakers, attendees, volunteers & sponsors for making it happen. The organisers have already pressed START to continue... 🎮... See you in 2027! #GameOn

Time's up in Cloth Hall Court. Thanks everyone involved for making BSides Leeds a successful day! Please contact bsidesleeds23@gmail.com if you are interested in sponsoring 2027

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🎉 Today's the day! 🎉 We can't wait to see you all and have you explore everything we've been planning for the last year. In case you're reading this while on the way to the venue or standing in the queue waiting to check in, here's a reminder of the schedule! bsidesleeds.com/speaker-sche...

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2026 Speaker Schedule – BSides Leeds 2026

Sat 13th June 2026 – Cloth Hall Court Leeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What's a game-themed BSides Leeds without a gameshow? 🎮️ Join @tomnomnom.com, @vicharkness.bsky.social, and @coffeefueled.org tomorrow as they play "Um, ACKtually", hosted by @tib3rius.bsky.social. Here, being technically correct is not only the best kind of correct, it also gets you points!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

As we get ever closer to Saturday and the conference day, we wanted to put out another huge thank you to all of our fantastic sponsors ❤️ Genuinely, BSides Leeds would not be able to run without your support. We're so grateful that you were keen to be involved and help us make this happen!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🎮 PLAYER ONE, BSides Leeds is nearly here! For the first time ever, badge firmware has been released before the conference so your first quest starts now. Explore the code, build your own badge mods, and bring them to be flashed onsite. bsidesleeds.com/badge #BSidesLeeds #GameOn

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Please welcome onboard Be Bitwise as a prize sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Be Bitwise is a free learning platform teaching low-level computing and vulnerability research, built for people who want to understand how things actually work.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Please welcome onboard YorCyberSec as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 With a focus on making security simple, YorCyberSec specialise in understanding your business's cyber security requirements and matching you with trustworthy solutions.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

BSides Leeds is just a week away! 🎉 Do you have a ticket you can no longer use? Please request a refund or pass it on — we have a long waitlist and would love as many people to attend as possible! #BSidesLeeds #InfosecCommunity #GameOn

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Please welcome onboard @antisyphontraining.bsky.social, powered by @bhinfosecurity.bsky.social, as a swag sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Antisyphon Training offer high-quality, affordable, accessible courses designed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, with...

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Please welcome onboard @tracebit.bsky.social as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Tracebit specialises in deception technology, deploying canaries across your environment and helping you proactively detect intrusions.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Want to start planning which tracks you're going to? Good news — our speaker schedule is now LIVE! Check out the lineup here: bsidesleeds.com/speaker-sche... #BSidesLeeds #Schedule #GameOn

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2026 Speaker Schedule – BSides Leeds 2026

Sat 13th June 2026 – Cloth Hall Court Leeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Please welcome onboard Cyberr as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Cyberr is the professional network for cybersecurity people. Connecting community, learning, mentoring, hiring and career opportunities in one platform — where cybersecurity clicks.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Tickets going spare? Please pass them on or request a refund — we have a long waitlist and would love as many people to attend as possible! Looking for a ticket? Add yourself to our waitlist! Last year we released 80+ tickets, so there's always a chance 👀 bsidesleeds.com/tickets

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BSides Leeds 2026

BSides Leeds 2026: A wicked gathering of cyber security enthusiasts in the heart of Leeds, showcasing the latest hacks and tech tricks!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Please welcome onboard th4ts3cur1ty.company as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 th4ts3cur1ty.company offer everything from 24/7 SOC & SIEM to vulnerability management to consultancy, all with their business-centric "no nonsense, just defence" approach.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @tib3rius.bsky.social at BSides Leeds! Tib3rius will give our opening keynote and will also be our GamesMaster for 'Umm ACKtually...' and '8 out of 10 Hackers does Countdown'. Keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Please welcome onboard @pentestpartners.bsky.social as a BSides Leeds sponsor! 🎉 As the UK's largest independent penetration testing firm, Pen Test Partners are renowned for their offensive security services, but additionally offer everything from compliance assessments to forensic investigations.

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Kinga Kaiserin presenting their talk 'Is It Safe? Misinformation, Terrorism and the Quest for Safe Chatbots'. Catch Kinga's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Ben Hanson presenting his talk 'You Can't Patch a Mental Model: How Agentic Systems Expose our Hidden Security Assumptions'. Catch Ben's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Nathan Dove and Josh Hickling presenting their talk 'Stop Reading YAML. Start Hunting: Finding real Kubernetes attack paths with ClusterHound'. Catch Nathan and Josh's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Ken Munro, Founder and Partner at Pen Test Partners, presenting his talk 'Mapping the aviation attack surface: plain text rules the skies'. Catch Ken's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Dr Z. Cliffe Schreuders presenting his talk 'Hacking Games: From Cyber-Themed Magic to Real Hacking That Moves the Plot'. Catch Cliffe's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have James Bore presenting his talk 'The Dungeon Master's Guide to Crisis Management'. Catch James's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Please welcome onboard @semgrep.com as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Semgrep specialises in code security, supporting you to catch, flag, and fix vulnerabilities and bugs as you work. We're absolutely delighted they're involved with this year's event — thank you so much for your support!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Denis Legezo, Senior threat hunter at CyberProof, presenting his talk 'DIY CTI: You don't have to wait for vendors all the time to get fresh IoCs'. Catch Denis's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Tom Harrison presenting his talk 'Standing On The Shoulders of Robots - AI for Attackers; Where the **** are we?'. Catch Tom's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Georgia Weidman presenting her talk 'Shattering The Perimeter: Exploiting the Modern Mobile Ecosystem'. Catch Georgia's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have David-Constantin Dobritoiu presenting his talk 'Closing the Cloud Security Loop: Turning Theoretical Risk into Actionable Defense'. Catch David-Constantin's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Zeshan Sattar presenting his talk 'Building the Future of Robot Security Testing: Expanding Pen Testing Skills for a Cyber Physical World'. Catch Zeshan's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

Speaker card with photo of Zeshan Sattar and the text 'I'm speaking on Track 2, Sat 13th June'

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @zephrfish.yxz.red presenting his talk 'Archaic Creativity: Pulling At Infinite Threads'. Catch Andy's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

🎲 SIDE QUEST UNLOCKED: ASK ME ANYTHING 🎲 Got a cyber question? Career question? Random weird tech rabbit-hole question? Come find the AMA Desk at BSides Leeds and roll for answers. Our party might not know everything immediately (nobody does), but we’ll work together to figure it out.

Four video game style assassins and knights under an sign saying Ask Me Anything. At the bottom it says 'The council of curious minds - approach the desk and speak thy question'

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have @daddythebaddie.bsky.social and @wildpark.bsky.social presenting 'Red Carding the Auditor: Winning the Game of Pragmatic Security'. Catch Leum and John's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have Chris Traynor, Owner/Instructor at Ridgeback Information Security, LLC, presenting his talk 'Cerno: One Tool to Triage, Orchestrate, and Track'. Catch Chris's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Lisa Belmonte Diaz, Strategic Solutions Consultant at th4ts3cur1ty.company, presenting her talk 'Security Theatre For Your Board'. Catch Lisa's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have John Follin, Director at Holus Creative, presenting his talk 'Making Shor - Cybersecurity in a Quantum World'. Catch John's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have @qhazeeem.bsky.social presenting his talk 'Designing for Breach: Combining Ring-Fencing and Zero Trust'. Catch Kazeem's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

Speaker card with photo of Kazeem Mutiu Adamson and text 'I'm speaking on 101 stage, Sat 13th June'

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @seccomet.com, Senior Cyber Security Analyst at Capgemini, presenting his talk 'Adventures in Self-hosting'. Catch Jason's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Dan Houghton, Penetration Tester at Pen Test Partners, presenting his talk 'Malware Slop: Bypassing Skill Issues with Vibe Coded Trojans'. Catch Dan's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have @vicharkness.bsky.social, Security Consultant, presenting her talk 'Baby Burp Suite'. Catch Vic's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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johnstaveley.bsky.social @johnstaveley.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hi, I am looking for a pentester for the startup I work for. Can @bsidesleeds.bsky.social help?

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Isaac Potts, Penetration Tester at KPMG UK, presenting his talk 'Turning CTF skills into Pentesting skills'. Catch Isaac's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Anicet Fopa Tchoffo, Security Consultant at University of Leeds, presenting his talk 'Security Hardening Isn’t the Hard Part'. Catch Anicet's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have @insider.phd, Security Advocate at Semgrep, presenting her talk 'Creative Use of Game Mechanics, Game Hacking that isn't TECHNICALLY Hacking'. Catch Katie's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Charles Dickinson, Director at EY, presenting his talk 'OT Dungeons & Cyber Dragons'. Catch Charles's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @laurenspokes4.bsky.social presenting her talk 'The Forensic War on Privacy Advances: Mobile Phones'. Catch Lauren's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Aliyu G. Yisa, Co-Founder at Fezzant, presenting his talk 'Who will secure the 16%? Accessible Security for 1.3 Billion Disabled People'. Catch Aliyu's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Ehren Osborne, a Penetration Tester at KPMG, presenting their talk 'Please, oh please, stick to the RFCs'. Catch Ehren's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Please welcome onboard Punk Security as the badge sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 You won't find any spoilers here about the badge itself, but let's face it — you all know that if Punk Security is behind it, it's going to be amazing... 👀

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BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We are officially SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who's picked up a ticket for this year — we can't wait to see you! If you missed out on the ticket drops, snag yourself a spot on our waitlist in case of any returns over the next few weeks. bsidesleeds.com/tickets #BSidesLeeds #GameOn

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