Security expert Dan Kaminsky has died

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26. 4. 2021

At the age of 42, Dan Kaminsky left. This man, who was a true security expert, discovered a DNS or rootkit vulnerability in Sony's music CDs. Kaminsky also co-founded the company White Ops, which was later renamed Human Security. He was also a leading researcher in it. In addition, he also worked for Cisco, Avaya or IOActive. He has also presented at DEF CON and Black Hat conferences. Honor his memory.

Folks, I'm so sorry – I can confirm through a first-hand source (not me) @dakami has passed away. Well, this news should not have been out on Twitter yet, and yes, I am unfortunately certain. I am devastated and will go offline now.

— Gadi Evron (@gadievron) April 24, 2021

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