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Name: CHRIS HADNAGY
Status: Active (controversial)
Classification: Social Engineer | Author
AKA (Also Known As): The Human Hacker
Known For: Social-Engineer.org founder; wrote The Art of Human Hacking, established the Innocent Lives Foundation
Website: Social Engineer
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Name: DUNCAN MCALYNN
Status: Deceased – 4/15/23
Classification: InfoSec Professional / Community Builder / Industry Evangelist
AKA (Also Known As): InfoSecWar
Known For: CyberSpeaksLIVE podcast, founder of Operandis, LLC, author of Advanced Windows Security, and co-authored Tribe of Hackers Blue Team.
Website: McAlynn.com
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Name: JOHN DRAPER
Status: Retired
Classification: Legend | Phone Phreak | Pioneer
AKA (Also Known As): Cap’n Crunch
Known For: Using a cereal’s toy whistle producing a 2600 Hz tone, which could hack AT&T to make free long-distance calls.
Website: John Draper
Name: JOHN STRAND
Status: Active
Classification: Penetration Tester | Security Trainer
AKA (Also Known As): N/A
Known For: Penetration Tester | SANS Instructor | Black Hills Information Security founder; security training
Website: Black Hills Security
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Name: KEVIN MITNICK
Status: Deceased — July 16, 2023
Classification: Legend | Social Engineer | White Hat (Reformed)
AKA (Also Known As): The World’s Most Famous Hacker
Known For: High-profile hacking major technology corporations using “social engineering”
Website: Mitnick Security
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Name: SAMY KAMKAR
Status: Active
Classification: Security Researcher | White Hat (Reformed)
AKA (Also Known As): Samy
Known For: Creating the Samy Worm that DDoS’d MySpace, Evercookie that can “never be deleted”, SkyJack drone hijacking software, MagSpoof credit card emulator, OwnStar car pwn, and USB backdoor device PoisonTap
Website: Sa.my