Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social ICE OUT
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Li Chen @exocomics.com I like cats.
My third graphic novel Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is now available worldwide! https://detectivebeans.com
adafruit @adafruit.com Engineer - Founder of Adafruit - Brooklyn, NY USA - Manufacturer, open-source hardware, certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) https://adafruit.com - support https://forums.adafruit.com & order/customer help support@adafruit.com
Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Black Hat keynote. S/her.
Bio: about.me/violetblue
More: linktr.ee/viblue
News: patreon.com/violetblue
Marcus @utf9k.net I use computers for work during the day and to write letters to the government at night
https://utf9k.net
MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from
@marthawells.com The Murderbot Diaries. Has no gender. Character's pronouns are It/its. Managed by @writerphoebe
Wadepool @wadepool.wtf TOITŪ TE TIRITI
Nerd of the highest order, whether it’s guitars, amplifiers, or the cyberz. Learning something new every day.
Tāngata Tiriti.
https://youtube.com/@theaotearoaguitarshow
https://www.youtube.com/@wadepool.productions
errbufferoverfl @errbufferoverfl.bsky.social reluctant security engineer • they/them • enthusiastic zinester & artist • located in Berrin, South Australia • disabled • local cryptid • future subsistence farmer
Karit @karit.nz
bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social i’m not a girl, not interested in being polite or cisgender. jewish, anarchist, still punk, in my daddy era.
this is not a place of honor.
no highly esteemed thoughts are skeeted here.
ngl.link/armageddon1312
don’t explain, you’ll only make it worse
IT'S RAINING BEN @bentorkington.bsky.social I want to make software that makes people's lives better, not worse.
I have probably seen that XKCD
Aycan FIRATLI @aycanfiratli.bsky.social 👾
kaezone @kaezone.bsky.social kay // 23 // hardware, software, gamedev, security, cameras // she/they
i sometimes do technical writing at https://kaezone.nz
Clint Revell @clintrevell.bsky.social
Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social Vulnerability chronicler pursuivant.
Liam 🦆 @liamosaur.ragequ.it Australian hacker.
Foghlaimeoir Gaeilge.
Tír Bundúchasach. Mar a bhí sí i gcónaí, beidh sí go deo.
"Alex" @mangopdf.bsky.social australia's only hacker
https://mango.pdf.zone
@audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social
Steve Syfuhs @syfuhs.net Noted idiot. Principal something or other. Runs the Windows Authentication team at Microsoft. It's my fault your password doesn't work.
Mostly dog pictures. Might actually be two dogs in a trench coat. 🇺🇸 / 🇨🇦
https://syfuhs.net/
Larry Osterman @larryosterman.github.io Long term MSFT employee, Dad, Singer.
Expect cat pictures, tech nerding, etc.
Previous: SMB filesystem, Exchange Store, Windows Audio, Windows Runtime, COM, Confidential computing.
Current: Azure SDK for C++
Proud LGBTQIA+ ally.
Profile pic from Not
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Cin's Chainmail Curios @cinscurios.bsky.social I make jewellery and fun stuff from chainmail, scale mail, and random other bits and pieces. Custom work available upon request.
Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social New Zealand's foremost authority on the Big Fresh Animatronic Fruit & Veggies
📍Te Papa
🦇 Mel 🦇 @melbailey.bsky.social Reads too much. Watches too much TV. Cookbook collector. Indoors Enthusiast. Paranormal Believer. From Aotearoa. General All Round Weirdo. She/Her.
🇳🇿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
I absolutely do not have my shit together.
Joe Grand @joegrand.bsky.social Hardware hacker, computer engineer, former L0pht member and juvenile delinquent, sometimes known as Kingpin. https://joegrand.com
The Official Pulpit of CULT OF THE DEAD COW @cultdeadcow.com www.cultdeadcow.com
Australian Spy Museum @aus-spymuseum.bsky.social Our mission - is collection, preservation, sharing and education on the history of espionage, and evolution of modern threats.
Our vision and goal - is to establish an independent and permanent museum home for our collection and educational programs.
Kākācon @kakacon.nz Kākācon will happen at Zealandia in November 2024 on the 9th at 13.30.
Kākācon is Wellington's biggest non CBD hacker con.
Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social Author of 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists
Currently researching climate disinformation in alt-media
But I seem to mostly post about movies
Newsletter: feijoadispatch.nz
buy me a coffee http://ko-fi.com/byroncclark
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social The Cenobite of Sharing
The Black Blood of the Earth and Steins of Science guy. Everyone’s friendly internet laser safety officer and health physicist. Happy to answer Antarctica questions.
www.funraniumlabs.com
@builddoctor.bsky.social @builddoctor.bsky.social
Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social Freelance Wikipedian, fan of flightless birds, invented the platypus custard joke that Ricky Gervais stole. Ōtautahi, Dr Him.
0000-0003-1183-2550, Q56458901
Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
October 30-31, 2026 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand)
Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social Plain, simple, Cin
Australian non-binary nerd, 27-year veteran of the IT industry, former Microsoftie, life-long space enthusiast who actually got to work with rockets for a little while.
Gyle_dC @gyledc.bsky.social Narm-based blue teamer (DFIR, OSINT). Übernerd, geekette, mental health hacker & foodie. Doing cybersecurity evangelism via public speaking. These are my views, not of my past/current employers.
attacus || Lilly Ryan @attacus.net Computational entomologist, privacy enthusiast, historian. Perpetually raging against the ghost in the machine.
Mastodon: @attacus@aus.social
👁 Digital Rights Watch | 🎙 Byte Into IT on 📻 3RRR FM | 🐍 PyCon AU
ComfyCon AU @comfyconau.bsky.social ComfyCon AU 2025
hoodie🐴 @hoodiepony.com I'm a pony. Sometimes a cyber sherpa, and helping keep myself safe by helping other be cyber safe. Also sometimes breaks stuff and void warranties. 🏳️🌈 (they/them/it)
Also, infosec.exchange/@hoodiepony
Other Endpoints @ hello.unicorncyber.space
Chris Hipkins @chrishipkins.bsky.social MP for Remutaka, Leader of NZ Labour Party. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Tce, Wellington
Megapope 🇵🇸 @megapope.bsky.social Ko Ngāti Whakaue te iwi. Mainly here to talk D&D and land back. Graphic designer, unionist, dad. Luigi supporter.
@dansdata.bsky.social @dansdata.bsky.social
High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com Antifascist middle-aged mall goth, making the most of her plantwitch era. Book rep: Stacia Decker at DCL; film rep: Tara Timinsky, Grandview LA. Contact - Cherie.priest@gmail.com
Duck @duckalini.bsky.social Platform engineer. Genderqueer nonbinary. I talk tech, politics and life. But mostly pets (the cat is Bernard, the dog is Gus).
Pronouns: they/them 🏳️🌈
Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social I like the party favours but I hate the party people.
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Martha Wells @marthawells.com SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social Aka @c_c_krebs over there
lowkey @lokifer.nz loki/adam
pākehā, computer security nerd
I help run Wellington ISIG and kawaiicon
collector of pvc discs with heavy music inscribed
he/him
Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com Minimalist
Mikjaer @mikjaer.com YouTuber, Security consultant, musician, comedian, data archeologist, open source, hacker and digital freedom fighter.
🌈 Polyamorous
Tweets in DA and EN.
https://youtube.com/retrocomputingwithmike
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
💗💜💙
Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com Dog butler to Indy, Darby, & Kell. Former USMC 0341. Chicago Tavern style. You may know me from years of MSFT. Or not. Was @nerdpyle before the bad times. Eat shït, nazis
Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com cybersecurity weather man. scanning the horizons for cloudy cyber. Expert at nothing except computer rubbish. Anti-ransomware since 2015.
Ross @spiraling.bsky.social music | movies | motorsport- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Brianna Wu @brianna.bsky.social Former Candidate for US House in MA. Software engineer. Like to go fast. 🏎🏍🏃🏻♀️🎮 brianna@hey.com
icd @wan0.net It wasn't me, I didn't do it.
J͓̽e͓̽s͓̽s͓̽ 🌈 @verb.bsky.social Data nerd specialising in the detection and investigation of financial crime.
I post the things I can talk about.
Passionate about security, forensics, and ethics.
@printfJess on the bird site
sysengineer @sysengineer.dev I do not give Facebook permission to print anything off my computer
Erica @sputina.bsky.social info sec, cat, and ketchup enthusiast + crüe for Kiwicon/Kawaiicon NZ + Safestack Huge Security Nerd/COO, she+her
Ron Amosa @uncommonengineer.com 💻 Hacker/Architect/Engineer. 🇼🇸 🇵🇸
Pasifika technologist decoding AI systems, power, and sovereignty — 20+ years inside the machine. The Uncommon Engineer. uncommonengineer.com
Nick Le Mouton @noodles.nz Product Security Lead
@Salesforce. Technology enthusiast, security nerd, grey beard developer. Opinions are my own.
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social The other “Susie” Wiles AKA NZ’s “COVID lady/Pink Terror”. Microbiologist & science communicator, lover of bioluminescence & Lego. Becoming slightly obsessed with reusable period products despite being perimenopausal. She/her.
Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com Snarkmonger. Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group.
he/him.
Get my opinionated take on AWS news: http://lastweekinaws.com/t/
Signal: 833-AWS-BILL (833-297-2455)
Raf @raf.fonseca.org He/him. Adds entropy to computers. Helping establish #DevOps practices anywhere he’s allowed in. "Whatever you are, be a good one"
Tom Isaacson @parsley72.bsky.social Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him.
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Dr Erica @ericafosk.bsky.social 700 MB of pure uncut homosexuality. Also, like, science sometimes?
Pikelet @pikelet.nz I do things with computers. Tiny dog stan account. she/her/👩🏻💻🌈✨🐈🐕👶
Will Dormann is on Mastodon @wdormann.bsky.social I play with vulnerabilities and exploits.
While this site initially showed promise, I've grown tired with its lack of improvement.
You'll find me @wdormann@infosec.exchange on Mastodon.
Denise - High Calibre Māori @highcalibremaori.bsky.social Cybersecurity Professional™️ and energy drink aficionado. Infosec witch.
Māori (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Hine) & Kanaka 'Ōiwi. Ultra runner. Published author. Autistic + ADHD.
Stanley Cup Liberal. Views my own.
Alyssa Miller 🦄👩✈️ @alyssam-infosec.com Hacker, CISO, and commercial pilot. Certified Bluesky Elder. Author and International Speaker, Chief advocate of #DoBetterBeBetter
Compassion and empathy are traits in short supply but necessary to make this world a better place.
alyssasec.com
Bananamaster3000 @bananamaster3000.bsky.social Cat Herder
Sarah Young @sarahyo.com Ex - Security & AI stuff @ Microsoft | Co-host of @azsecpod.bsky.social | Dogs, food and cyber security posts | Opinions mine, not my employer's | 🇬🇧 living in 🇦🇺 | Sarahyoung.io
Tanya Johnson @tanyanz.bsky.social CPO by day, feminist killjoy by night. Ethical product development, sci-fi, cake, and gifs. 🏳️🌈 @pixelwench in the bad place
Kyhwana Pardus @kyhwana.org Spottycats, infosec, furry, hamradio, absurdist, misanthrope, they/them. 🇳🇿 also at https://social.furry.nz/@kyhwana
Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social Beloved banjo player of the people. Co-owner and CTO of an apparel ERP company. In former lives: open source, Perl, O'Reilly Media, new technology. Bereavement is sadder and weirder than you can imagine.
Darren @darrenpauli.bsky.social Ex infosec hack ‘06-‘17 @ TheRegister, SCMagazine, ZDNet, ComputerWorld. Now I write about writing and help regular folk understand infosec.
Tom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz It might seem obvious that if you value something, you'll make an effort to get better at it.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
D̒͂̕ᵈăᵃn̕ᶰ Ť̾̾̓͐͒͠ᵗe͗̑́̋̂́͡ᵉn̅ᶰtᵗl̀̓͘ᶫe̓̒̂̚ᵉrʳ @viss.hax.lol Viss from twitter and mastodon.social.
startup founder, hotsauce guy, public speaker
eater of pineapple on pizza, listener of ska, flooper of quads
internet grandpa, former sysadmin turned infosec
https://phobos.io/rtg/
https://ravenholmspices.etsy.com
DM of Engineering @dmofengineering.bsky.social Committed to the bit
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social
Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social Founder & CEO LutaSecurity @payequitynow MIT&Harvard visiting scholar, @MasonNatSec fellow, 1/2 Chamoru, 1/2 Greek all-American hacker
Ben Creet @creeture.bsky.social Govvie Cyber security GRC type.
NZITF vice-chair, iSANZ board member
He/him
Laura Bell Main @ladynerd.bsky.social CEO at SafeStack | coauthor of Agile Application Security and Security for Everyone | Host of Build Amazing Things (securely) | #appsec nerd | mom
Jason Scott @textfiles.com Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Ben Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz Bikes and tech and stuff.
Paul Brislen @brislen.nz Cassandra PR. Our motto: I fkn TOLD you...
I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴
Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice)
"We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020)
Aotearoa he/him
Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social I like collating data,
and getting thoughts in the brain.
All for Public data, Aotearoa New Zealand, and informed communities. #openData #NewZealand #Aotearoa #rstats. He/him.
He tangata tiriti ahau
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Kate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social Aotearoa. Recovered pentester, security pragmatist. Head of security at a place Kiwi know, many other hats. 👩🏽💻🏳️🌈 Personal views. #infosec #cybersecurity Also @Secvalve@cloudisland.Nz
Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz ☆ Cybersecurity reporter
★ Newsletters at Risky Business
#infosec #cybersecurity
https://risky.biz
Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip Former biologist. Actual PhD in genetics. Security, OS security teaching at https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu.
Blog: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog
Signal: @mjg.59
He/him
Opinions expressed here are mine, not my employer's
Fobski @fobski.bsky.social Has seen some shit.
Undisputed infosec thought leader world champion.
Aggressively casual in nature.
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them