CryptoParty

[7] The DIY, self-organizing movement immediately went viral,[8] with a dozen autonomous CryptoParties being organized within hours in cities throughout Australia, the US, the UK, and Germany.

[11] The first draft of the 442-page CryptoParty Handbook (the hard copy of which is available at cost) was pulled together in three days using the book sprint approach, and was released 2012-10-04 under a CC BY-SA license.

[12] In May 2014, Wired reported that Edward Snowden, while employed by Dell as an NSA contractor, organized a local CryptoParty at a small hackerspace in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 11, six months before becoming well known for leaking tens of thousands of secret U.S. government documents.

"[14] CryptoParty has received early messages of support from the Electronic Frontier Foundation[15] and (purportedly) AnonyOps, as well as the NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, WikiLeaks central editor Heather Marsh,[16][17] and Wired reporter Quinn Norton.

"[22] Der Spiegel in December 2014 mentioned "crypto parties" in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks in an article about the NSA.