Dan Kaminsky
Daniel Kaminsky (February 7, 1979 – April 23, 2021) was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security (formerly White Ops), a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the director of penetration testing. The New York Times labeled Kaminsky an "Internet security savior" and "a digital Paul Revere".
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| Born | Daniel Kaminsky February 7, 1979 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 2021 (aged 42) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Santa Clara University |
| Occupation | Computer security researcher |
| Known for | Discovering the 2008 DNS cache poisoning vulnerability |
| Website | dankaminsky |
Kaminsky was known among computer security experts for his work on DNS cache poisoning, for showing that the Sony Rootkit had infected at least 568,000 computers, and for his talks at the Black Hat Briefings. On June 16, 2010, he was named by ICANN as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for the DNSSEC root.
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