Andrea Downing

Creator Stage·26 min

• DEF CON
• AI Security
• Date: Aug 2025
• Location: Las Vegas

Andrea Downing

Introduces the Patient AI Rights framework and a community-driven red teaming methodology to stress test clinical AI models and chatbots for bias and failure modes.

Biohacking Village·39 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2021
• Location: Las Vegas

Andrea Downing

Light Collective founder Andrea Downing explores patient data rights, corporate health data aggregation, and the urgent need for patient-led cybersecurity advocacy.

Biohacking Village·18 min

• DEF CON
• Threat Intel
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Andrea Downing

Applies cybersecurity threat modeling to health misinformation, medical disinformation campaigns, and patient vulnerability.

BioHacking Village·28 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2019
• Location: Las Vegas

Andrea Downing

massive security vulnerability was discovered which allowed PHI to be leaked from closed patient support groups on Facebook. In this session we’ll discuss how a coalition of patients and security researchers faced thi...