• hactar42@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I remember reading about him in 2600 back in the 90s. Then reading his books in the 00s, and seeing him every time I had to do KnowBe4 training the last few years. While a polarizing figure there is no doubt he was an inspiration for many in our field. RIP

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      1 year ago

      Maybe when he started. Towards the end he was riding on his name alone and not really contributing much.

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      1 year ago

      A big part of it for me is that in my head he’s this 18-year-old idiot who’s stolen my credit card information from me personally, even though he was 20 years older than me and that never happened. It’s who he was in the hacker legendarium, you know?

    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It really is. I’ve seen him live, dude was an absolute genius. It was crazy to see him hack a fully-patched Win 10 machine in like 30 seconds. The world has lost a good one. RIP. :(