Chris / RockNRollGeek @rocknrollgeek.live π₯ live producer / technical director
π food nerd
πΈ music listener / player / encyclopedia
π¨βπ» technology crackerjack
π @RockNRollGeek everywhere else
π LΞS ΞNGΞLΞS, CΞ
β E-Mail: chris@hawthornstudios.com
Social π's: http://rnrg.live
Clint Harpster @charpy-art.bsky.social Artist and Educator. DM for commissions. More work on instagram @charpy_art https://www.instagram.com/charpy_art/profilecard/?igsh=Y2hpMDlwd2diMDg=
Manic Velocity @manicvelocity.bsky.social Optimistically nihilistic.
Be excellent to each other.
Octopus Game @octopusgame.bsky.social A fun, puzzle-filled adventure designed for conference newbies at events like DEF CON, SAINTCON & B-Sides! DC32 Black Badge Contest.
John Hammond @johnhammond.bsky.social Hacker. Friend. Cybersecurity Researcher at Huntress.
John Strand @strandjs.bsky.social I do cool Infosec stuff with cool people.
I will light the way by the bridges I burn.
π π£ππ€π€ @theangryoptimist.bsky.social fall out boy fan account
kimber @kimber.bsky.social evaluator of the constant hum of the internet tube signals
vulncheck | dc801
Joseph Hewitt @jhewitt.net Cybersecurity consultant with an interest in electronics. British, but now living in The Netherlands. Creator of the ESP32 wardriver: wardriver.uk
Iceman @iceman1001.bsky.social RFID hacker, Proxmark, NFC & EMV | Magic moon beans | Four spaces instead of Tab | https://youtube.com/@iceman1001/
Mark Burnett @m8urnett.bsky.social Long time Infosec/Appsec SME/writer/consultant. MS MVP alumnus; https://www.deviantart.com/m8urn
Mastodon: @m8urnett@infosec.exchange
Red Siege @redsiege.com Penetration Testing, Purple Team, Red Team & Adversary Emulation.
Let our Offense, Prepare your Defense. https://redsiege.com
#weareoffensive
Space Rogue @spacerog.bsky.social I fight for the user. | L0pht Heavy Industries - ATStake - Whacked Mac Archives - Hacker News Network - Cyber Squirrel 1 | Semgrep
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet π
Rob Fuller @mubix.com (he/him) Dad / Husband / Marine / Student / Teacher / @Hak5 / @NoVAHackers / @SiliconHBO / @NationalCCDC / @MARFORCYBER Auxiliary
BleepingComputer [Unofficial] @bleepingcomputer.com.web.brid.gy BleepingComputer is a premier destination for cybersecurity news for over 20 years, delivering breaking stories on the latest hacks, malware threats, and [β¦]
π bridged from π https://bleepingcomputer.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/bleepingcomputer.com
Wild West Hackin' Fest @wildwesthackinfest.bsky.social Join us for Wild West Hackin' Fest - Deadwood 2026! Con: Oct. 7-9, 2026, Pre-Con Training: Oct. 6-7, 2026
Alex Stamos @stamos.org CPO/CSO of Corridor.dev, teaching at Stanford.
David Litchfield @litchfield.bsky.social Dad, Powerlifter, Security at Apple, Photographer
corgi @c0rg1.bsky.social I hack things
David Kennedy @cyb3rc3lt.bsky.social Father, husband, hacker, Irish
redteaming.org
@flyingdutchmen.bsky.social @flyingdutchmen.bsky.social Cybersecurity by day / amateur home network engineer by night
nixCraft @cyberciti.biz Enjoy Linux & Unix-like systems, open-source software, and programming/compsci? Into Sysadmin & DevOps? Follow us to make the most of your IT career! Discover new tools and apps daily, plus a dose of humor ‡οΈ
https://www.cyberciti.biz
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
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
Beau Woods @beauwoods.com hack all the cybers
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news β’ runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news β’ tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic β’ software engineer β’ wikipedian
support my work: citationneeded.news/signup
links: mollywhite.net/linktree
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@egyp7 @egyp7.bsky.social I like juggling, Bash, chess puzzles, and good exploits. Worked on Metasploit for some years. πππ©·
@egypt@mastodon.social
@gillis57.bsky.social @gillis57.bsky.social Security, Ham Radio Quotes, Fire junkie living in south alabama. Lapsed Journalist.
Tim McGuffin @tim.mcguff.in @NotMedic from that other place.
Adversarial Cartographer. DEFCON Staff & CFP Board. MS in DF. Fmr Fire/EMS. Red and Blue. Builder. Tinkerer. Chaotic Good.
Tim Medin @timmedin.bsky.social Kerberoast Guy β’ RedSiege CEO β’ Hater of Pants β’ Former SANS 560 Author, Senior Instructor β’ Packers owner β’ Work Req: http://redsiege.com/contact
Taggart @taggart-tech.com @mttaggart@infosec.exchange. Displaced Philly boy. Executive Director of @ifin-intel.org. Threat hunter. Educator. Dad. General in the AI Resistance.
taggartinstitute.org
wtfbins.wtf
linktr.ee/mttaggart
Binary Defense @binarydefense.com We bring the attackerβs mindset to every move, building defenses specifically designed to combat threats. Founded and led by practitioners who live and breathe security, we know what matters in the trenches - because weβre in them with you.
Justin Elze @handle.invalid CTO @TrustedSec.com | Former Optiv/SecureWorks/Accuvant Labs/Redspin | Race cars
Black Hills Information Security @bhinfosecurity.bsky.social Specializing in pen testing, red teaming, and Active SOC. We share our knowledge through blogs, webcasts, open-source tools, and Backdoors & Breaches game.
blackhillsinfosec.com & poweredbybhis.com
TrustedSec @trustedsec.com End-to-end Cybersecurity consulting team leading the industry, supporting organizations, and giving back. #HackThePlanet
https://trustedsec.com/
Lily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social Security reporter for WIRED Magazine. she/her/my man. Signal +1 (347) 722-1347
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Michael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social Editorial director at @wired.com for consumer tech and culture. Kind human.
I play bass in @twindimensions.bsky.social and guitar in @nascum.bsky.social
http://snackfight.com
Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social WIRED Senior Correspondent covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please) 
Steven Levy @stevenlevy.bsky.social Still writing. Editor at Large WIRED. Hackers, Crypto, Facebook: The Inside Story, Insanely Great and other books. Signal: stevenlevy.72
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social Global Editorial Director at WIRED.
Board member @freedom.press
Speaker at UTA
ZoΓ« Schiffer @zoeschiffer.bsky.social Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Muskβs Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Boone Ashworth @boone.bsky.social Staff writer @Wired.com I cover any tech that is weird and/or on fire. Scream at me on Signal at boone.10
Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com writer @ Core Memory β’ my two accomplishments here are that i invited AOC and i started the first-ever Hellthread β’ signal: kylie.111 β’ https://www.corememory.com/p/kylie-robison
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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InfoCon.org @infocon.bsky.social Archives of Hacking and InfoSec conferences, documentaries, wordlists, rainbow tables, and mirrors of sites. Direct download, torrents, or watch in your browser.
https://infocon.org
InfoCon @infocon.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy InfoCon is a community supported, non-commercial archive of all the past hacking related convention material that can be found.
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HD Moore @hdm.io runZero & Metasploit
Azeria @azeria-labs.com Founder of Azeria Labs, Trainer, Author of Blue Fox: Arm Assembly Internals & Reverse Engineering
Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social Aka @c_c_krebs over there 
@halvarflake.bsky.social @halvarflake.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.
InfoSteph (92%) @stephandsec.com She/Her. Cybersecurity Educator & Engineer. Writer. Keynote Speaker. LinkedIn Learning Author (150K+ learners). Neurospicy (ADHD). Sharing insights to inspire growth and connection. Black and proud.
Stephandsec.com
Jay Pope @jaypope.bsky.social Web Accessibility Specialist and CEO at pope.tech
kampf @kampf.bsky.social no one took this? weird
skeleton with oar
marvthegrate @marvthegrate.bsky.social grumpy caffeine addict infosec poseur SAINTCON BSidesSLC dc801 
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com
Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more.
Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Pope Tech @popetech.bsky.social Simplify web accessibility. Powered by WAVE. https://pope.tech
Joe Grand @joegrand.bsky.social Hardware hacker, computer engineer, former L0pht member and juvenile delinquent, sometimes known as Kingpin. https://joegrand.com
Jesse Harris @elforesto.coolestfamilyever.com Infosec professional. Gamer, gardener, hiker in Cedar City, Utah. Sometimes politics, but less than I used to. Fully supportive of Reconstruction 2.0.
about.me/elforesto
David Warkentin @v0rtex.bsky.social 
mav @mav.wtf no war but class war.
idiot sandwich, struggles a lot, tries hard, fails often.
nerdfighter, infosec, defcon goon, volunteer, hardware hacker, etc. mental health advocate, when I can. -> over on hackers.town
Luke Jenkins @lukejenkins.bsky.social TAFKA @WiFiLuke
More accounts and info: https://github.com/lukejenkins
Alijohn Ghassemlouei @x72.ninja Security and Engineering Leader and Consultant | Retired @sonyplaystation.bsky.social Pentester | @defcon.bsky.social Speaker | @blackhatevents.bsky.social Senior Technical Associate
ShmooCon @shmoocon.bsky.social Jan 10-12, 2025
Washington, D.C.
Less π« Than Ever
This account is mostly used to push information. Got questions? Email us at info @ shmoocon.org.
Bryce Kunz @tweekfawkes.bsky.social AI, Cloud, & Cybersecurity focused posts. SaintCon, ApresCyber, BSides SLC, Cache, & RedRocks committee member. Helping the community grow via giving back!
@jimylongs.bsky.social @jimylongs.bsky.social 
Jeff Moss @thedarktangent.bsky.social thedarktangent@defcon.social
α΄α΄α΄α΄ β
ββββ @pope.bsky.social infosec junkie
Elizabeth Wharton @lawyerliz.bsky.social Adviser, lawyer, and sometimes cybersecurity circus ringmaster - my monkeys fly.
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.
pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social I do artwork for hackers and throw parties.
Matt Blaze @mattblaze.org Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
Kym Possible @kympossible.bsky.social Job Status: HBIC at @zatik.io
Iβve kissed mermaids, rode the El NiΓ±o
Protect Trans People π³οΈββ§οΈ
Whitney Champion πͺ @whit.zip security architect / co-founder @digitaldefenseinstitute.com / co-founder Recon InfoSec
β₯β₯β₯ == @eric.zip, nerdery, rainbows, sweatpants
she/her | mama of 3 | π€ππΏππ
unicorns.lol
https://short-stack.net
whitneychampion.com/portfolio
Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Signal: KimZ.42
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
archwisp @archwisp.bsky.social Hardware hacker, DJ, and general scoundrel. SecKC founding member. Recovering DEF CON goon. Phoenix. he/him.
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employersβ
I did a TED talk once
Ray [REDACTED] @rayredacted.com Past: Host of "Tribe of Hackers"; Assoc. Producer "Darknet Diaries."
Current: Cybersecurity researcher and executive. Also, father of the fastest climber who has ever lived. Seriously.
Warning: I talk about my son ALOT
βUt scandis, alios subleva.β
Nicole Beckwith @nicolebeckwith.bsky.social Sr. Manager, Threat Operations @kroger π CTI, Hunting, Detection Engineering, Insider Risk, Fraud & Forensics π» Fmr LE & DFIR for OH & Secret Service TF. #FSD #w00w00 #CFC
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social 
Jayson E. Streetππ€π @jaysonstreet.bsky.social Hacker - Helper - Human
JaysonEStreet.com
Jason Scott @textfiles.com Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from βKill Switchβ, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
cje @cje.io founder @bugcrowd && co-founder @disclose_io || hacker, entrepreneur, executive, advisor || ΨΉΨ΅Ψ§ Ω
ΩΨ³Ω || #w00w00
evilmog @mog.evil.af X-Force, Shenanigans, Hashcat, Church of WiFi, Black Badges, MUDs, Dad Jokes, some Infosec.
Twitter: @evil_mog
DilDog π
@dildog.l0pht.com Tech Dysangelist
cDc/hack.xxx/Veilid
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www.veilid.com
Merch at: @hack.xxx
he/him/"hey buddy"
Shatter π
π
β @shatter.bsky.social I'm Old
I know Unwoman irl. I've met nivek ogre. I once hugged president Obama.
I've played both The Cow Palace and Nippon Budokan! I have more game design credits than you do.
Tea Spiller
I have a crush.
Proud Neo Luddite
Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social Hacker & CEO @SocialProofSec security awareness/social engineering training, videos, talks | 3X @DEFCONπ₯ | Ex Chair @WISPorg | Ex @CISAgov Technical Advisory Council under Director Jen Easterly
Troy Hunt @troyhunt.com Founder & CEO of @haveibeenpwned.com, the most trusted name in data breach intelligence. Speaker, blogger, Microsoft Regional Director. Gold Coast, Australia.
Alyssa Miller π¦π©ββοΈ @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
Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social Breaker of software, responder of incidents, IANS Faculty, VP R&D Hunter Strategy.
MG @mg.lol 
Deviant Ollam γ @deviantollam.bsky.social Philadelphian in Cascadia. Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. π
"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." π²
(he/they)
InfoSecSherpa ποΈ @infosecsherpa.bsky.social #Librarian turned #InfoSec & #DataPrivacy practitioner. #Philly area hoagie mouth. InfoSecSherpa and Sherpa Intelligence: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/infosecsherpa #GoBirds
DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social The worldβs premier hacker conference. Serving the global hacker community since 1993.
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