w00w00
w00w00 (pronounced whoo-whoo) was a computer security think tank founded in 1996 and still active until the early 2000s.[1][2][unreliable source?] Although this group was not well known outside Information security circles, its participants have spawned more than a dozen IT companies, including WhatsApp and Napster.[3][4]
Participants[edit]
The group at one point included over 30 active participants and spanned 12 countries on five continents.[1][3][5]
The following is a list of some of w00w00's participants:
- Christopher Abad[6]
- Josha Bronson - Director of Security at Yammer[1]
- Silvio Cesare
- Matt Conover - the founder of the group[3][7]
- Michael A. Davis - CTO of CounterTack[1]
- Mark Dowd - co-founder Azimuth Security[1]
- Joshua J. Drake - from Accuvant Labs[1]
- Shawn Fanning
- Simon Roses Femerling - formerly at Microsoft Research[1]
- Jeff Forristal - one of the first people to document SQL injections[8]
- Michael J. Freeman
- Jonathan Katz
- Jan Koum
- Ralph Logan[3]
- Matt Ploessel
- Gordon Lyon[1]
- Brian Martin
- David McKay - an early employee at Google and AdMob[1]
- Seth McGann[3]
- David Munson
- Tim Newsham
- Anthony Eufemio (tymat) - co-founder of Digix and an early Ethereum pioneer (made the first transaction on the Ethereum network and cpp-ethereum contributor)[9][10]
- Ejovi Nuwere
- Adam O’Donnell - co-founder of Immunet[1]
- Sean Parker
- Alexander Peslyak
- Niels Provos
- Andrew Reiter - a researcher at Veracode[1]
- Michael Ridpath
- Jordan Ritter
- Dragos Ruiu
- Tim Scanlon
- Dug Song - co-founder of Duo Security and Arbor Networks[11]
- Tim Yardley - researcher in critical infrastructure security[1]
- Anthony Zboralski
Notable companies[edit]
A number of well known companies have been established by its participants.[1][3][12][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Inside The Billion-Dollar Hacker Club". TechCrunch. March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ "Interview with Matt Conover (Shok), w00w00 Hacker". Help Net Security. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Elite security posse fostered founders of WhatsApp, Napster". Reuters. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ a b "The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook's New $19 Billion Baby". Forbes. February 19, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ^ "Manden der fik os til at tro, at musik skulle være gratis". Politiken. March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Talari Product Page". stuff.co.nz. March 11, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "Interview with Matt Conover (Shok), w00w00 Hacker - Help Net Security". Help Net Security. April 1, 2002. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "How Was SQL Injection Discovered?". www.esecurityplanet.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "Foes With Grudge Sludge Drudge". wired.com. September 14, 1999. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ "ethereum/webthree-umbrella Contributors". github.com. December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ Castillo, Michelle (April 19, 2017). "How a high schooler hacked into a security company and ended up with a job". CNBC. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "A file-trading ship of fools". Salon. April 22, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
External links[edit]
- "w00w00 website". Archived from the original on December 22, 2020.