 The website describes itself as "a non-profit organization that strives to protect a good security culture and learning atmosphere".In its first two years the site got 2.5 million hits and acquired 110,000 members and a volunteer staff of 34.During the 2004 DEF CON event in Las Vegas, Hammond delivered a talk that encouraged "electronic civil disobedience" as a means of protest against the annual Republican National Convention and its supporters.