Peiter Zatko (Mudge)

The person many people remember as an early pioneer of buffer overflows, full disclosure, security advisories, the front man for 'the L0pht and founder of @Stakeā€¦ is now a senior DoD official. The inventor of L0phtCrack; AntiSniff; L0phtWatch/Tempwatch; and SLINT (one of the early tools for automating source code vulnerability analysis), He is the hacker that in 1998 told the US Senate the Internet could be taken down in 30 minutes. He firmly believes hackerspaces and the maker community are valuable and underutilized resources for research and ingenuity and that the more should be done to encourage these groups.

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