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Mudge

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Mudge

@dotMudge

Make a dent in the universe. Find something that needs improvement: go there and fix things. If not you, then who? {he/they}

DARPA^2|Stripe|Google|L0pht

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Joined September 2011

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Mudge
@dotMudge
May 20, 2019
Today is the anniversary of the testimony I and other members of the l0pht gave to the US Senate in 1998. It was the first time the US Govt. publicly referenced “hackers” in a positive context. The coverage was national and even international. Come behind the scenes. /Thread
Mudge
@dotMudge
Nov 16, 2020
Looks like the cat is out of the bag. I’m very excited to be joining the executive team at Twitter! I truly believe in the mission of (equitably) serving the public conversation. I will do my best!
Joseph Menn
@josephmenn
Nov 16, 2020
Here you go: Twitter names "Mudge" Zatko head of security. Priors at DARPA, Google, L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow. reuters.com/article/idUSKB…
Mudge
@dotMudge
May 5, 2019
Oh, fwiw - I got the imaging / scans back. Cancer free Down a kidney, but 1 is better than none... which is still better than 💀
Mudge
@dotMudge
Aug 27, 2016
If you have a 2013 Mercedes S-class you have libtiff, netcat, and libpcap, pre-installed. Pre-hacked-car :)
Mudge
@dotMudge
Jun 18, 2019
In an interview the person leaned over to me and whispered that he was Mudge from the l0pht and that he wrote l0phtcrack... don’t tell anybody. I never told him who I was, but I had fun asking about some of the horrible coding choices I... errr... he had made in l0phtcrack.
Mudge
@dotMudge
Aug 6, 2024
I’m back at DARPA, but this time part of the leadership team as DARPA’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). I’ll be at Defcon this year on stage with the Agency Director talking about larger picture items, and hopefully even greater ambitions than when I last keynoted
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Mudge
@dotMudge
Jul 14, 2018
So... I suppose it’s time to share a bit. I have always worked to try to educate the government so they can make better informed decisions that will benefit all citizens. 1/n documentcloud.org/documents/4598…
Mudge
@dotMudge
Oct 12, 2018
This Cray computer doesn’t appear to be working. Although pushing the button does make the whole room warmer, which is expected behavior. #oldcomputerjokes
Mudge
@dotMudge
Jun 5, 2016
Great 'what if?' series. Some hit too close to home...
Mudge
@dotMudge
Aug 18, 2018
Don’t disclose information such as your date and year of birth publicly.
Suhail
@Suhail
Aug 16, 2018
I made it to 30 today. If you're above 30, give me your best advice to 40.
Mudge
@dotMudge
Sep 23, 2019
I missed this a few days back. A moment of silence, to respect the fact he may have prevented an eternity of it.
npr.org
Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77
Petrov was on overnight duty in 1983 when computers indicated the U.S. had launched a nuclear strike against his country. He had only a few nerve-jangling minutes to act.
Mudge
@dotMudge
Mar 2, 2020
It was 20 years ago on this day that my true identity, which until then had been a tightly held secret, was unintentionally leaked by the White House. Rob’s write up, linked here, is a quasi-factual humorous take. Here’s what actually happened. Thread. 1/n
🗣 Rob Rosenberger
@vmyths
Mar 1, 2020
Replying to @vmyths
THIS DATE IN HYSTERIA White House reveals @dotmudge's true identity web.archive.org/web/2011052101…
Mudge
@dotMudge
Sep 30, 2017
A favorite part of being a hacker: people seeing that you are honestly interested in their work and hence they share their knowledge.
Mudge
@dotMudge
Dec 14, 2017
People inside the IC and DoD begged for this, but it would have required direct presidential approval and was too risky/contentious. Someone seems to have just gone and done it on their own?!?! Wow. Still hasn’t sunk in. I’m going to leave this here: archive.is/PQAnU