cj sandall @cjs.nz 22 ♎️
Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ 📍
Kai Tahu tōku Iwi 🏡
me -> https://cjs.nz/socials
NZPT stuff now at @nzpt.cjs.nz
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Matthias Luft @uchi-mata.bsky.social Infosec Enthusiast & Practitioner. Opinions are my own. Pentest→Research→Leading→Security Engineering. Love Martial Arts, Outdoors, Dogs.
infosec.exchange/@uchi_mata
www.rational-security.io
Karit @karit.nz
Alex Gough @quidity.bsky.social Reformed Relapsed Physicist. Chrome security improver. ACSC(j) survivor. Kiwi. Cyberblahblah. All opinions mine or three times your money back.
Julián Duque @julianduque.co ✏️ Developer and Educator (Node.js, JavaScript)
🏢 Principal Developer Advocate at Heroku
💖 @maleja111 husband
⚔️ Chaotic Good GM at the Temple of Baal (Kult, Alien, Cyberpunk RED, The Witcher, D&D, and other ttrpgs)
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Official Commodore® @commodoreofficial.bsky.social The only official Bluesky account of the only original Commodore® (est. 1958), powered by all 47 original trademarks. Imposters may copy, but they can’t compute. Welcome to The future we were promised™ | commodore.net #wearecommodore
Julie Fairey (she/her) @juliefairey.bsky.social Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa, Tāmaki Makaurau AKL, councillor, leftwards, feminist, climate action, social justice, public transport nerd.
Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️
@richms @richms.bsky.social General nerd
InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa @internetnz.nz We are InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa. We manage .nz domains on behalf of all New Zealanders and work to build a better online Aotearoa. Find out more at internetnz.nz
Salesforce @salesforce.com 👋 We're the #1 AI CRM—where humans with agents drive customer success together with AI, data, and Customer 360 apps on one platform.
🛟 Experience agent-first support at help.salesforce.com
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Meshtastic @meshtastic.org Meshtastic is an open-source project enabling off-grid, decentralized communication using low-cost, low-power devices. Perfect for adventurers, makers, and communities looking for resilient mesh networks without having to rely on traditional infrastructure
HackerOne @hacker0x01.bsky.social The Only official HackerOne bsky account.
Peace of mind from security's greatest minds.
#HackForGood- L Liam Cottle @liamcottle.com
@mrbruz.bsky.social @mrbruz.bsky.social
Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social Labour Candidate for Wellington Bays in 2026. CTU Economist, Unionist, and believer in a better Aotearoa.
https://linktr.ee/craigrenney.official
Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
Daniel @dznz.bsky.social Aotearoa, recently ex-IT, now a new PT. Some kind of socialist/anarchist. ADHD, pakeha, she/they/he 🏳️⚧️, fash can DIAF.
MetService NZ @metservice.com New Zealand's weather service. Helping Kiwis be ready, whatever the weather.
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
BlakJak @blakjak.bsky.social Known as BlakJakNZ or BlakJak for a very, very long time. Public Sector Cybersecurity geek with Network/Telco and Internet/Systems and GRC leanings. Volunteer, ZL1VMF, he/him.
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The world’s premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
Defcon.org
Forum.defcon.org
Defcon.social
MetService Warnings @metservicewarnings.bsky.social Unoffical bot posting MetService's Aotearoa watches and warnings. Created by @onewhitelight.bsky.social
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Larry W. Cashdollar @larry0.bsky.social Principal Security researcher at Akamai. Exploit Coder. Research covered by Slashdot, ZDNet, arstechnica, MSN + more also a Mitre CVE CNA with 200+ CVEs
@kevinnz.bsky.social @kevinnz.bsky.social
runZero (Official Account) @runzero.com runZero was founded by https://bsky.app/profile/hdm.io to help organizations see and secure their total attack surface — including risky unknowns and unmanageable devices. Discover a new approach to exposure management today: start a free trial!
Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com I want you to win and be happy. Code, OSS, STEM, Beyoncé, T1D, open source artificial pancreases, Portland, 3D printing http://hanselminutes.com inclusive tech podcast! VP/Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft/GitHub 🌮
http://hanselman.com/about
Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
October 30-31, 2026 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, New Zealand)
Daniel Schell @danonit.bsky.social Chief Research Officer and Co-Founder @ Airlock Digital. Practical Execution Control & Allowlisting.
@sheepish666.bsky.social @sheepish666.bsky.social
Natalie Silvanovich @natashenka.bsky.social Google Project Zero
Etienne Stalmans @staaldraad.conch.cloud https://staaldraad.github.io
did:plc:72ap33hhvkldtvvs2xet2ld6
Let's Game It Out @letsgameitout.tv That guy on YouTube who makes those videos about doing stuff all glitchy and silly.
All me links: letsgameitout.tv
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Rick0r @rick0r.bsky.social New Zealand based Dad, Husband, Geek, International Photographer. Chaotic/neutral. Rick0r on most platforms, occasionally known as Cyberbob
forest fr1ends @forestfr1ends.bsky.social past dreamland, second left
Infosec News @infosecnews.bsky.social Powered by the folks at Red Team Arts!
Gallery - coming soon
redteamarts.com
Cee Bennett @0.nz 🇺🇦❤️🇵🇸 ❤️ 🇸🇾 genX Tāhine (any pronouns) with takiwātanga/ASD+Aoreretini\ADHD+PTSD - Video Games CM - Swedish-born Pākehā Tangata Tiriti o Ahuriri @0.nz
Betty Junod @bettyjunod.bsky.social opinions, feelings, bread
www.bettyjunod.com
Heroku @heroku.com The AI cloud application platform as a service (AI PaaS), from Salesforce, for deploying, managing, and scaling your apps.
Explore the platform: https://www.heroku.com/platform/
Te wookie o te tāngata @chewienz.bsky.social Contributor to Big Hairy News #BHN.
https://bhn.nz/
https://www.youtube.com/@BigHairyNetwork
Occasional Stand up Comedian
Ōtepoti I Dunedin NZ
Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social International award winning broadcaster, based in Dunedin NZ now trying to take over the news media world with #BHN
Find us at www.bhn.nz
Josh Ellis @joshellis.bsky.social Security Architect / Engineer from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social Aka @c_c_krebs over there
Rob Joyce @rgblights.bsky.social Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
Matthew Conway @mattreduce.com 🔍 Threat Intelligence @ Remitly
✍️ CTI newsletter and blog @sourcesmethods.com
Taylor Meek @lingnik.bsky.social lead software engineer @ Salesforce AI. ex-Heroku, ex-senior engineering manager. A bit of progressive politics. I'd rather be outdoors. he/him
Matt Blewitt @matt.blwt.io Erstwhile SRE, database person, human.
https://matt.blwt.io
Adam Shostack @adamshostack.bsky.social Threat modeling. BH Review Board. Affiliate Professor, UW. Fixed autorun. Helped create CVE.
Not sure why we're building graphs on yet another (effectively) centralized system. https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack
Ems @emsk.bsky.social Techie. Dancer. Foodie. Catted.- M Mark Carter @markcarter.bsky.social #CISO #startup founder #engineering #infosec #cloud #machinelearning #sre @vimeo previously: @salesforce @awscloud @tesla @google @paypal *Opinions my own
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Neil Fenemor @wasphantom.bsky.social Farmer and technologist.
metlstorm @metlstorm.risky.biz Unix berserker, retired hacker-con organiser (Kiwicon!) and now technology-editor-slash-sysadmin-janitor at Risky.biz.
Was @metlstorm on Twitter, am metlstorm@infosec.exchange on Masto.
Sam Smith @samsmithcomedy.bsky.social Comedian
#TheTraitorsNZ #7Days #TaskmasterNZ
Author
#MilesAndJones #DontScareTheDentist #SnakeBroughtCake
shubs @shubs.io Co-founder, security researcher. Building an attack surface management platform, @assetnote.io
Scott Helme @scotthelme.bsky.social Hi, I'm Scott Helme, a Security Researcher, Entrepreneur and International Speaker. I'm the creator of Report URI and Security Headers, and I deliver world renowned training on Hacking and Encryption.
https://scotthelme.co.uk
Nicolas Grégoire @agarri.fr Web hacker 😈
Burp Suite Pro trainer 👨🏫
Maintainer of @mastering-burp.agarri.fr 🛠️
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
Jaz @jaz.sh Jasmine (Jaz)
Gender Nomad
IRC made me gay
Reject drab, wear bright colors and play fast
Former Platform Engineering Lead at Bsky
28. she/her 🏳️⚧️
BSky Stats- https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats
https://github.com/jazware
John Hammond @johnhammond.bsky.social Hacker. Friend. Cybersecurity Researcher at Huntress.
Matt Johansen @mattjay.com Friendly neighborhood cybersecurity guy | expect infosec news, appsec, cloud, dfir. | Long Island elder emo in ATX.
vulnu.com <- sign up for my weekly cybersecurity newsletter
HD Moore @hdm.io runZero & Metasploit
kat cosgrove @kat.lol village sorcerer @villagesql.com
kubernetes steering committee, release team subproject lead, sig docs tech lead, uwubernetes, colorado springs via memphis
she/they
CJ @xyantix.bsky.social Cyber Security - Pen Tester - Bug Bounty
🌻мара-яга¹ @marasawr.bsky.social 💛🤍💜🖤 they/them/това́риш
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¹ spreading footnotes to every cursed heap in the ‘verse
📍https://mastodon.social/@marasawr
"Alex" @mangopdf.bsky.social australia's only hacker
https://mango.pdf.zone
caite @caitelatte.com computer worker, sometimes twitch and celeste gamer, now living in Naarm Melbourne. they/she
MITRE ATT&CK @attack.mitre.org MITRE ATT&CK® - A knowledge base for describing the behavior of adversaries. Replying/Following/Reposting ≠ endorsement.
Azeria @azeria-labs.com Founder of Azeria Labs, Trainer, Author of Blue Fox: Arm Assembly Internals & Reverse Engineering
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies.
Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware.
☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
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
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
Beau Butler @beaubutler.bsky.social "Chaotic Neutral" -katie et al.
Python, Go, C, Rust (a little), The Cybers, Quasar founder, opinions variable but with gusto, he/him (@oddynz on twitter)
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
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employers’
I did a TED talk once
Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social Just thinking out loud.
Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social Hacker & CEO @SocialProofSec security awareness/social engineering training, videos, talks | 3X @DEFCON🥈 | Ex Chair @WISPorg | Ex @CISAgov Technical Advisory Council under Director Jen Easterly
Austin @abs.codes computer dude, security guy / foia.pub 🇺🇸🔎 / prev. product security @ salesforce, WVU 💛💙 / my posts are for me, not you or my employers 🌎♻️
https://abs.codes
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social
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
Simon Lyall @slyall.bsky.social Living in Auckland, New Zealand.
I write about IT, Public Transport, Auckland, Food, Trailers, Audiobooks & Geeky stuff
Work with Cloud Infrastructure. Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Monitoring, etc.
Blog: https://blog.darkmere.gen.nz/
Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social Writer for WIRED. Author of SANDWORM. Latest book, TRACERS IN THE DARK: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, out now. agreenberg@wired.com. Andy.01 on Signal.
Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social The world's #1 used book store. Come visit us at the edge of eternity.
store:
https://paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/
Jack Rhysider @jackrhysider.bsky.social Creator of Darknet Diaries.
Verification: https://twitter.com/JackRhysider/status/1675298532406984707
Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org CSO of TPO.group ♦️ EFF Board of Directors♦️she/her ♦️ bestselling author but only that one time
Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com cybersecurity weather man. scanning the horizons for cloudy cyber. Expert at nothing except computer rubbish. Anti-ransomware since 2015.
Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz ☆ Cybersecurity reporter
★ Newsletters at Risky Business
#infosec #cybersecurity
https://risky.biz
Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social Freelance writer & editor, full-time silly sausage. Books, bikes, better places, beastly puns. She/ her/ the cats’ mother. 😽😈🏳️⚧️✊
Aspirational af. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau aka New Auck City. Always starting something; feel free to pick up where I leave off.
Ben @waptor.bsky.social I put ketchup on hot dogs.
Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social Dad to Theo. Auckland Councillor - North Shore. Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee. Working to make our community & city better.
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
Bike Auckland @bikeauckland.bsky.social We're the non-profit organisation working for a better Auckland for people on bikes. Want a more bike-friendly city for all ages and abilities? Join the movement!
serena (𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒) @serena.nz a real girl trapped in a computer
📍nyc/nz
Jim Jagielski @jimjag.bsky.social Wearer o’ many hats in #opensource; Head of OSPO at Salesforce; Co-founder ASF; Developer; Speaker; Homebrewer
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.