DC151 @dc151.org Regular Leeds gathering for hackers, makers & people interested in security & tech | Meets every 2nd Wednesday | Disorganised by @glenn.pegden.com, @laurawhit.bsky.social and @roachy.net
* No longer affiliated with DEFCon Groups *
Ibad Shah @beefaaubee09.bsky.social 
sexyriker @sexyriker.bsky.social Denied a big space adventure on account of my horse allergies
Zoë Rose @rosesec.bsky.social #mumSec
Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS @cybergeekgirl.bsky.social 💻 #CyberSecurity & #AI geek, writer & speaker
👩 Founder of #AICyberSecAssoc and #NeuroUnity
❤️'s #MartialArts #Films #SciFi #QueenBand #FreddieMercury #Tech #RetroComputing
🧠 #OpenlyNeurodivergent #Autistic #ADHD
Klaus Agnoletti @klausagnoletti.bsky.social Infosec pro gone with a broad profile. I try to post mostly infosec and not politics. Hard task. Posts are my own. Get in touch.
Jamie O'Hare @handle.invalid Programme Leader of BSc Ethical Hacking @ Abertay
Opinions are my own...
Edwin van Andel @yafsec.bsky.social http://Zerocopter.com | CTO | Speaker | Security | Hacking | ALT-S Organizer | נקר ירוק | Last Unicorn Con | Defcon 003120 | @iamthecavalry | @yafsec@mastodon.online
Seán G. @labraid.bsky.social Here to talk planes, CyberSecurity and absolute patter (it'll be mostly the latter)
Dave W. @daviey.com 
@stuarthare.bsky.social @stuarthare.bsky.social 
Neil Slorance @neilslorance.com I'm Neil. I like drawing pictures and comics. Owns famous tortoise. http://ko-fi.com/neilslorance
Cary Hendricks 🏴🇿🇦 @figjam.sogeek.org BBQ fanatic • InfoSec dabbler • Cyber Security Instructor • Hacking • Forensics • DIFR • Compliance • Award Winner • Speaker • Caught making faces on TV • Veteran • formerly @fignjam on X
Lauren Spokes @laurenspokes4.bsky.social 
Tautology @tautology.uk @tautology0
@tautology@infosec.exchange
@tautology.uk
vi is the best editor. The Oxford comma is totally superfluous and does not need to be used in 90% of cases. "Die Hard" is not a Christmas film. "Internet" is a proper noun.
caitríona @cait.siorc.eu A queer trans socialist from Ireland. Baker and tech person. 28. Can also be found on Mastodon.
🏳️⚧️💊 17/03/2025
She/it
Shirls @holmfirthartist.bsky.social Tea drinker, band lover, Tortie wrangler, dog botherer. Like art, books, birds, animals, music, gardening and the North. Usually either too cold or too hot. I live near the moors, I long for the sea.
@redgoatcyber.bsky.social @redgoatcyber.bsky.social 
Hack Glasgow @hackglasgow.bsky.social People make Glasgow, but together we Hack Glasgow.
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
Victoria Walberg @vickyjo.bsky.social Insomniac security & tech geek.
Lancashire lass in The Netherlands, via Brighton, London, and Switzerland.
Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Rob May @robmay70.bsky.social ⭕ Cybersecurity Ambassador | 💡#AI Thought Leader | ⚙ Founder @ramsac_ltd | 🎙️ TEDx & Keynote Speaker | 📚 Author | 🚀 Insights on #HarnessingAI & #Infosec
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
Scott's Light Switch @handle.invalid I'm a well-travelled light switch, which used to live at Scott McGready's house, until they got careless.
Hack Thursday @hackthursday.bsky.social Glasgow. Dinner, Drinks, and Cyber Chat / 3rd Thursday of every month at The Rhoderick Dhu. DMs open. New speakers/attendees welcome! #KatsuChickenBurger
Kate O'Flaherty @kateoflaherty.bsky.social Freelance cybersecurity and privacy journalist @theguardian.com | @wired.com | @Forbes | IT Pro | SC Media UK and more.
Dogs 🐕
gabsmashh @gabsmashh.bsky.social security engineer | 1L JD Candidate | NYU alum |
Katie Paxton-Fear @insider.phd Dr, apparently. Security Adovcate @semgrep & Hacker. #BugBounty hunter & #infosec YouTuber. APIs & Interlinked OffSec, PhD in AI+Sec @hacknotcrime. she/her
Scriptmonkey_ @scriptmonkey.bsky.social Tester of Pens, Ex-Teamer of Red things, now with a more purpley shade. Biker and Recovering Eve-Online Addict. o7
https://blog.scriptmonkey.uk
@infosecgreybeard.bsky.social @infosecgreybeard.bsky.social Grumpy old InfoSec beard. Whether it's physical security or grumbling about firewalls and governance, I ramble about it all.
Steven Folek @pir00t.bsky.social *insert caffeine to start* | Sr. Principal Security Analyst | DFIR | CTI | RE dabbler | Odd bit of banter and other musings
John Opdenakker @j-opdenakker.bsky.social Blogger | #Infosec | #AppSec | Security awareness | Occasional Public Speaker | Cycling | Running | Posts might contain bad humor, sarcasm or irony | Takes your security seriously!
https://johnopdenakker.com
Moosey McMooseFace @moosesec.bsky.social Disgruntled old northern git who does security type things.
Ryan @chick3nhawk01.com Sr. Threat Intelligence Consultant @NCCGroupplc | Ex Org @bsidesncl | ThreatIntel | Views are my own
Mike W @mike.helix-labs.io Cyber Security doer of things | Bass guitarist | Football fan | Dad
https://medium.com/@Mike.Whitehead
BSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social BSides Leeds 🦉- 13th of June 2026. Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK! ✨❤️
Lady Cyber Rosie 🧚♀️ @ladycyberrosie.bsky.social th4ts3cur1ty.company Magical Genie Person 🧚♀️
Former/Recovering Cyber Security Recruiter
BSides Lancashire Founder
Responsible adult for BSides Leeds
Supporter of the Infosec community
Working Parent
SootySec.bsky.social @sootysec.bsky.social 
Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social Cyber security, climbing, caving and diving! 💜
The Wiggler @thewiggler.bsky.social Embedded cyber-security goblin
They/He
🚲🏞🏕💻
Opinions found in the bins round the back of Tesco.
@fentonwalker.bsky.social @fentonwalker.bsky.social 
Martin @martin5671.bsky.social CSO, Risk Manager, Security advisor, Investigator, Writer, Trainer - ▫️Obligation ▫️Justice ▫️Courage - All views/opinions are my own. #unexpectedwidow
Jon? Jhon? John? @darklordoftheit.bsky.social #InfoSec #PetrolHead #Military #SlavaUkraine #Metalhead #Sarcasm #InfoSec #PetrolHead #Military
X: @DarkLordoftheIT
Mast: DarkLordoftheIT@infosec.exchange
Dónnan @cyb3rdo.bsky.social Skynet
Phillip Wylie @phillipwylie.bsky.social Offensive Security Professional | Phillip Wylie Show Podcast Host | The Pentester Blueprint coauthor | TribeOfHackers Red Team | https://linktr.ee/phillipwylie
Mike Fowler @michaelfow.bsky.social Cyber Security Professional, Security Operations, Engineering and general Cyber Security Stuff. Views are my own.
Malum @pertinaxmalum.bsky.social Senior SOC engineer. Former intel. Interested in cloud, PowerShell, detection engineering and threat hunting. Owner of the Black Hat Labs.
Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io Maker, breaker and fixer of software. Adventures in #appsec and #agile: beny23.github.io he/him
cmarinier @cmarinier.bsky.social Focused on the Cs - cybersecurity, cooking, and community
Mike Somers @mwsomers84.bsky.social Cyber Security professional, consultant, PCI-DSS, Co-Founder of BSides Lancashire, Dog-Dad to a Cockapoo, Marvel fan,
David @tia568b.bsky.social Infosec geek, all views expressed are my own, all anecdotes fiction and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Chaotic good. He/him
Unded Inside @undedinside.bsky.social Cyberpunk Magnetic Operator #LolzCrew. IT helpdesk analyst who writes cybersec guides as a hobby. (He/him) 🍉🌻
@sudosid.bsky.social @sudosid.bsky.social I have no idea what I'm doing, but I like tech!
Cloud | InfoSec | IT Generalist
@ctgintelligence.bsky.social @ctgintelligence.bsky.social Security, InfoSec, Convergence, Corporate Security, EP
Web: https://ctgintelligence.com/new-events
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10789484/
Taz Wake @tazwake.bsky.social DFIR & Threat Hunting Professional | SANS Course Author - FOR577 Linux IR Class | Certified SANS instructor | Incident Responder | I have no access to DMs.
Brett Shavers @brettshavers.bsky.social Fell off a cliff. Swam with sharks. Dined with hitmen. Hung out with crime bosses. Bought and sold a ton of drugs. How the heck am I still here? DFIR USMC 🚓
Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social Cyber Correspondent, BBC News. Author of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos. I cover cyber security, online safety, crypto, AI, social networks and everything 💻📱📡. Global news mainly. DMs always open for tips/ feedback.
David Mooney @davidmooney.co.uk The podcast guy. 🏳️🌈
Sam Swift 🏎️🎧🦊 @safesecs.bsky.social Cybers. DJish. Conwife. Nephophile. F1 Diva. Opinion Owner. Karaoke Disaster. ChiefDataSnarkist. She/Her/Bird.
BSidesNCL, BSides Leeds and BSides Lancs witch. DC SOC Goon 🌈🏳️⚧️Ally.
AnguaSec @anguasec.bsky.social Fuelled by caffeine and anxiety.
Keir Snelling @keirsnelling.bsky.social Father. Open minded. Progressive. CyberSec vendor customer herder. Known to smoke large chunks of beef. Might become his drag queen alter ego - Donna Keirbab
MikeTalonNYC @miketalonnyc.bsky.social Professional Nerd - have been known to do security things. Partly Cloudy. Work from home astronaut. Posts are my own and don't represent anyone but me (and that's probably a good thing).
JamesGoz @jamesgoz.bsky.social Expect me.
Sorry just thought I'd put that because Anonymous say it and it's edgy.
Ben Findlay @teescdf.uk Senior Lecturer @ Teesside University in Computer and Digital Forensics. Previously @ North Yorkshire Police Digital Forensic Unit. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-3772
#digitalforensics #cybercrime #ukpolicing
I use Arch BTW
@rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social 
Sam Stepanyan @securestep9.bsky.social OWASP London Chapter Leader. #OWASP Global Board Member. OWASP #Nettacker Project Leader. #AppSec Consultant, #CISSP. Follow me on Twitter/X and Mastodon https://twitter.com/securestep9 https://infosec.exchange/@securestep9
Nathan @coolhandle01.bsky.social Sourcerer Priest 🖥️🌩️🗺️
Seized the means of production of the means of production.
@clarkee.co.uk @clarkee.co.uk 
mike 🐬 @pizzaonsec.bsky.social 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🏴 cyber 🥔. startup survivor 🫂. Dev/Sec/Ops ☁️. InfoSexy/NSFW 🔞. nature 🌿. sea 🌊. space 💫. he/him
Dave McK @davewm.bsky.social Cyber, IT, Geek, may or may not be Batman. Speaker. mentor, doer of good deeds. My comments are my own or stolen and not the views of my employer or cat.
.Heather 🏳️⚧️↙️↙️↙️ @auntiepsychotics.bsky.social Horror/Transgressive Writer
Queer Historian
Obligatory Y2K Emo Chick
Nasty Tranny (MtF)
Scottish
31
She/her
Blithering E-thot
Malkavian Coded
Ric @ricderby.com Principal security researcher - Orange Cyberdefense
Honorary researcher - @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
OT, CNI, novel attack techniques, quantitative risk
motorcycle & guitar obsessive | cat hoarder
Roachy @roachy.net Herder of cats, wrangler of packets, jack of some trades. RFC 3514 compliant. @DC151.org co-(dis)organiser.
Not really a cow
UK_Daniel_Card @mrr3b00t.bsky.social 
Arjun Naha @arjun.so Software Developer | CS at Edinburgh
Lennaert89 @lennaert89.bsky.social Interested in infosec / hacking / osint / dfir / bugbounty!
Formerly Zerocopter.com, currently Head of Triage at Intigriti.com
Head CSIRT over at divd.nl
Hacknotcrime Advocate
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
Cyber House Party @cyberhouseparty.bsky.social 
Kenza | كنزة @tr3s0r.bsky.social University teacher | infosec | chronically tired
Liam Beeton @liambeeton.com I'm a tinkerer, a lifelong learner and a collector of hobbies.
Find all my stuff at https://liambeeton.com.
James Bore @coffeefueled.org My book's great, go buy it: https://sbbooks.store/cybercircuit
"...sartorially he’s what you’d get if The Doctor decided to park the Tardis and spend some time in cyber security." - Andrew Peck
Joe Gardiner @thecyberjoe.bsky.social Lecturer in Cyber Sec of CPS (ICS,OT, IoT) at the University of Bristol. Director and Instructor at @hacktonics.bsky.social
Jacob @snoozyrests.bsky.social 🍉 (He/Him) | Cyber Security PhD Researcher @ University of Bristol | Industrial Security Nerd | Malware Enthusiast | Dirty Commie ☭
My posts are not reflective of my employer.
Liam @liammalcolm.com I do cyber security, sometimes well!
Interest and experience in policing, intelligence, geopolitics and security. Former Special Constable.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammalcolm/- J @jonnybell.bsky.social @jonnybell.bsky.social
- F F/Dubsox @funsox.bsky.social Name is Funsox. A friend to Coleen and I stand by her. Comes running with a shovel when she calls !
Old skool hacker. Into retro things. Has a sense of humour. Promoter of all things 2600. Andrew Hojman victim. This is my only account here.
grom @grommoss.bsky.social Pretending to be a responsible adult in the cyber community
BSidesLeeds organiser. Provider of reliable adulting skills to cybersec community events.
https://linktr.ee/grommoss
nullcookies @nullcookies.bsky.social Cybersecurity pro. Noise human. One day I'll get back to climbing.
https://baddomain.bandcamp.com
Aer Dingus @blaubaron.me PhD student doing theoretical cryptography and security research || New England implant - North African
(Warning: this feed may contain serious and unserious posts)
L: 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇲🇦
barsteward @barsteward.bsky.social The world’s on fire, so let’s grab some marshmallows and not take everything so seriously. #UK based, working in hardware security hacking. Into #Infosec, #Standup #Comedy, and bad puns.
Twitter: @barsteward
Mastodon: @barsteward@infosec.exchange
SchizoDuckie @schizoduckie.bsky.social The lamest hacker you know.
I find the data and passwords that you don't know are leaking
Gavin Crook @gavin1958.bsky.social Retired radiographer, and formerly warden on the Farne Islands. Lover of science and nature. Born at 315 ppm.
@jhuff.bsky.social @jhuff.bsky.social I generally don’t deal in absolutes
the3ggmaster @theeggmaster.bsky.social Very, very lucky on all the wrong things. Owner of two bee names.
Pascal @schufi.bsky.social Interested in many things. Earning money in tech.
Binarysleeper @binarysleeper.bsky.social Infosec bod, thinker of silly thoughts
DeadParr0t @deadparr0t.bsky.social Just pwning for the fjords | 🇫🇷 🏴☠️ 🇬🇧 | Chaotic Good | Hacking & pentest stuff | Shitposts | Opinions here are those of my cat, mostly
Jérémy Bouvard @jerbouvard.bsky.social He/Him, SOC Analyst 🏳️🌈