Jamie Woodruff
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| 🏢 Organisation | Patch Penguin |
| 🌐 Website | patchpenguin |
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Jamie Woodruff is a British hacker. He specialises in white hat security, informing news and business organisations of security exploits in networks.
Events[edit]
Woodruff studies at Bangor University. In 2014, he took part in a "hackathon" at Southampton University, where he discovered security exploits in Facebook, Twitter and Bloomberg.[1]
In November 2014, Woodruff participated in the "Legislating for LulzSec" forum on privacy, data, and policy—named after the infamous Anonymous-affiliated hacking group LulzSec.[2] He assisted the Daily Dot in obtaining information showing Noel Biderman, former CEO of dating site Ashley Madison, had started a project to develop a "What's My Wife Worth" application.[3]
In May 2015, Woodruff revealed several security flaws on the personal website of American celebrity Kim Kardashian to the press.[4]
In November, Woodruff allegedly noticed a significant increase in malware and attacks in France, the day before the November 2015 Paris attacks.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rishton student collects award after hacking into Facebook". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ "Computer Science student performed live hack at top london event". Bangor University. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ "Ashley Madison Hack Also Reveals Offensive New Wife Rating App". Bustle. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ "Kim Kardashian website exposes fans to malware". SC Magazine UK.
- ↑ "Cyber activity targeting France increased before Paris attacks". SC Magazine. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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