K-rad Oldskool Hacker/Phreak folks
Generally all old skool elite folks, most of 'em I've known since the halcion days of BBS, or at least irc. Also includes some other k-k00l d00dz I add from time to time. What's my criteria for adding someone to this list? WHO CAN SAY!
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@dethveggie.bsky.social
@otopico.bsky.social
@ghostwithashell.bsky.social
@tprophet.org
Founder of @queercon @telechallenge @flyawardcat. Writer @2600, @tribeofhackers. Every day, my life continues to amaze me. 我是同性恋# 🏳️🌈 Opinions are my own.
@noid.hotunixsluts.org
DEFCON Organizer (1993 - 2013), Layer_One Founder, #DC206 Founder, Black Lodge member, 3 Time Juror, Force Multiplier. I killed the dinosaurs.
@matthargett.bsky.social
coding since 1984. writing songs since 1996. husband since 2000. dad since 2015. 2X founder, currently of Rebecker Specialties. ex-LG, PlayStation, Roblox.
@jkva.bsky.social
Family guy. Software Architect. Soccer lunatic. C-64 Enthusiast. Former SysOp. Music Nerd. Book Lover. DC Commanders Football Fan. Sheepadoodle Walker. Peloton Obsessive. US Army Veteran. #RaiseHail
@thedarktangent.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy
Founder of DEF CON & Black Hat. Member of the UK Gov Cybersecurity Advisory Board & The Council on Foreign Relations. Working to get Hackers and […] [bridged from https://defcon.social/@thedarktangent on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@blowdart.me
Security Curmudgeon for Microsoft .NET Do you really think work wants my social media opinions? Not nice, but kind - @medus4.com 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
@granick.bsky.social
Personal account. ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
@eff.org
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at https://eff.org/social. https://eff.org
@jawnaday.bsky.social
That tim guy from philly who posts little to no content. Security, privacy, surfer, runner, geowonk. "the collapse/jackpot has already happened; it's just not evenly distributed, yet..." Slava Ukraini! 🌻
@johnthreat.bsky.social
Director • Hacker • Futurist • Solarpunk • Writer • Film • OSINT : Wired Mag Cover, 60 Minutes, etc / Short List: / Visions 2030 / PS1-Moma / (redacted) Futures
@brianknappenberger.bsky.social
Filmmaker/Director. Documentary Producer. 'Internet's Own Boy' and recently TURNING POINT: The Bomb and the Cold War. #documentary Formerly @knappb on twitter. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460534/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 www.luminantmedia.com
@joemenn.bsky.social
Washington Post reporter covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
@glennkurtzrock.com
@mattblaze.org
Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
@dennisf.bsky.social
Gentleman of leisure. I wrote two of the best books you haven't read. Friend of hackers. https://decipher.sc
@cstross.bsky.social
SFF author, triple Hugo award winner, over a million books sold. Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
@ddosecrets.com
Distributed Denial of Secrets is a journalist 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to enabling the free transmission of data in the public interest. We publish and archive leaks. DDoSecrets.com LibraryOfLeaks.org DonorBox.org/ddosecrets
@cameowood.com
🎬 Sci-Fi Filmmaker 🎓 Academic 🎭 Immersive Theatre Fan & Creator 🗺️ SF Bay Area Director: https://RealArtists.film Personal: https://cameowood.com Work: @CharmingStranger.com
@benmay.bsky.social
Sr. Research Analyst, Columbia University Cancer Center https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ben-May-2
@windowsnyder.bsky.social
@markashley.bsky.social
I like Stuff. Marauders Map researcher. Spends his day reducing entropy in all its forms. Follows people, and cows, who are outstanding in their field.
@matteesk.bsky.social
Some people say I'm a cowboy - actually wait, no one says I'm a cowboy and I intend to keep it that way.
@aleph1.underground.org
@rkl.bsky.social
@jjbbgg.bsky.social
Your old pal from twitter or whatever. I like coffee and goats. Beer and baseball. Poker and pinball. Playing with and sometimes repairing old computers and old radios. Too many hobbies, master of none.
@aj.reznor.com
Purveyor Of Spectacular And Arcane Esoterica Elder God || Despondent Luddite Motorcycles :: Coffee :: Life Content Warning: Warning, Content More "Anti-Right" than "Left" // 💙💛 NAFO Adjacent // BTTCMF // #714 3ID-HH4728XS
@malipdx.bsky.social
Yarn 🧶 Wildlife Rehab | Birbs | Native Plants Portland Footy Protect Trans Kids | She/Her
@harrison.page
Since 1969 · Made in San Francisco Amateur photographer, friendly-neighborhood software developer, roadster enjoyer, slave to a cat https://harrison.page • https://harrison.photography
@larry0.bsky.social
Principal Security researcher at Akamai. Exploit Coder. Research covered by Slashdot, ZDNet, arstechnica, MSN + more also a Mitre CVE CNA with 200+ CVEs
@jennymarie.bsky.social
an intersection between a real place and an imaginary place, philadelphia i make webpages & other things, see www.regarding.com.
@pnash.bsky.social
@victoriapalmer.bsky.social
A girl with no edge. Some call me vixi, others do not call at all. You will find unpopular opinions, pop culture trivia, tech, gaming (and yes I was Juliet) Talk tech, history, Bravo, news.. Documentarian/Product Owner/Project manager on [redacted]
@sirsyko.bsky.social
Sentimental Gentleman https://linktr.ee/adamprato Manages @wcb.bsky.social Wing Chun Brotherhood
@tdell.bsky.social
@fr3q0ut.bsky.social
It was 1995, we were in a basement that was full of computers and hackers, listening to the dawn of techno on obsolete technology.
@stacythayer.bsky.social
Professor of Cyberpsychology, Ph.D. & MBA., Tech Event Planner, former founder of SOURCE Conf, partner, mom of twins, LOTR fan, lover of video games, and lifelong learner
@knar.ph
That guy you met at Pumpcon that one time. Hangover coach. 'Terrible thought' leader.
@kore.bsky.social
Legendary Hacker, Security Hero, Coffee aficionado. I love Sci-Fi, even terrible Sci-Fi. We live in the future, from AI to space travel, we've come so far, yet I still find myself telling my cats about your bullshit. You may also know me from Clubhouse.
@k0re.bsky.social
DorkbotSF founder, Survival Research Labs tele-obliterator and robot choreographer
@debdebdeb.bsky.social
Crypto Wallet Recovery Emergency Responder & Old School Hacker Den Mom. All the rumors are true. (usual disclaimers definitely apply) DMs read.
@rop.gonggri.jp
Doomscroller avant la lettre. This account is in English, public replies in other languages will be hidden. Occasional posts in Dutch on @rop.nl and in German on @deutsch.rop.nl
@mroesch.bsky.social
👨💼CEO @ Netography ⛵️Sailor 🔭Amateur Astronomer 📷(Very) Amateur Photographer 🐷 The Snort Guy 📍 Annapolis
@spacerog.bsky.social
I fight for the user. | L0pht Heavy Industries - ATStake - Whacked Mac Archives - Hacker News Network - Cyber Squirrel 1 | IBM X-Force
@emma.best
Journalist and co-founder of @DDoSecrets.com. Published leaks from 60 countries. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. Chronically ill. Autistic. Queer + Nonbinary. Wife of @brazenqueer.bsky.social. Follow me on Mastodon: https://kolektiva.social/@Mxy
@obscure.bsky.social
I am angry, I am ill, and I am as ugly as sin. My irritability keeps me alive and kicking. I know the meaning of life, it doesn’t help me a bit. cDc Cultee
@mudge.bsky.social
DARPA/Google/Stripe/L0pht/Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiter_Zatko
@wjscheirer.bsky.social
Prof. @notredame.bsky.social. IEEE Computer Society PAMI TC Chair. Computer Vision Foundation CTO. Artificial Intelligence + Digital Humanities + History of Technology. wjscheirer.com
@2600.com
Since 1984, 2600 Magazine has published the hacker perspective and documented the development of the hacking community. In addition to the magazine, we have a weekly radio show ("Off The Hook") and a biennial conference (Hackers On Planet Earth - HOPE).
@ddz.bsky.social
I drink amari and I know things. $ddz LMDDGTFY: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dino+dai+zovi NYC/BK
@jun34u.bsky.social
Alaskan in Los Angeles. Chaotic idealist. Hacker and Game Theorist cDc Cultist Forever Script Kiddie She/They 🏳️🌈🏴☠️
@rusirius.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Musician/Lyricist, Big DADA You remember MONDO 2000 so do I https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/ better still
@micahsch.bsky.social
@weld.bsky.social
Gray haired gray hat. Co-founder Veracode. Former L0pht security researcher. Builds tools to find and fix vulnerabilities in code at scale. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeldPond
@argv.bsky.social
VP Security at Google. Co-Chair Cybersafety Review Board, Co-Author Building Secure and Reliable Systems. r00t. Medieval historian.
@cjunky.bsky.social
Ramblings of a Mad Englishman: Hacker @ BBC's Real Hustle & Mr Robot. Head of Sec @ DEF CON. Founder @ CTI-League, Ransomware Taskforce, w00w00, CDC NSF, (He/Him). Also Twitter @marcwrogers Mastodon cj@chaos.social
@senatorjohn.bsky.social
i run uncertain.fm 🏴☠️ i write code that makes radio 🤖 i play the music at Boston Bruins games 🐻 he/him📍aquatown/boston @uncertain.fm / @worbler.bsky.social
@dildog.l0pht.com
cDc/hack.xxx/veilid Support Veilid! Badge: 🅅 www.veilid.com Merch at: @hack.xxx he/him
@biella.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
@sifu.tweety.fish
at different times: haxx0r in cDc PhD in using people for ML and vice versa "theory of mind for autonomous cars" startup guy would you believe, went kablooie at present: newsletter -- buttondown.email/apperceptive &c music, politics, nonsense
@thegrugq.bsky.social
@adafruit.com
Engineer - Founder of Adafruit - Brooklyn, NY USA - Manufacturer, open-source hardware, certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) https://adafruit.com - support https://forums.adafruit.com & order/customer help support@adafruit.com
@leak.bsky.social
Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
@marciahofmann.com
Digital rights lawyer and writer. Former Twitter, EFF, EPIC, US-UK Fulbright scholar. Based in CO 🏔️🌲
@hacks4pancakes.com
I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS DFIR at Dragos, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts my own. Enby. 🏳️🌈
@medus4.com
Activist, Hacker cosplayer, Artist. Data economy abolitionist. @cdc_pulpit Sinfluencer, Head of Humanity @ Veilid, designer of weird shirts at hack.xxx I love gross terrifying things. Because I am one
@k8em0.bsky.social
Founder & CEO LutaSecurity @payequitynow MIT&Harvard visiting scholar, @MasonNatSec fellow, 1/2 Chamoru, 1/2 Greek all-American hacker
@seamus.bsky.social
Them: You're the father of the xbox! Me: If it moves back in, it’s paying rent. theoretical physics | CEO | gastroegyptology | cacao