Independent research index / First release
Follow a documented connection.
Choose a person. Follow a work or institution. Every line has a specific meaning and a source.
No inferred friendships, covert affiliations, or guilt by association. A source may be first-party without being independently neutral.
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- Peter Samson authored TMRC dictionary
1959-06The surviving dictionary records community vocabulary. Evidence ↗
- Joybubbles interviewed in Secrets of the Little Blue Box
1971-10Contemporary reporting; no private contact details reproduced. Evidence ↗
- Joybubbles subject of Jason Scott remembrance
2007A later remembrance provides the public name connection. Evidence ↗
- John Draper interviewed in Secrets of the Little Blue Box
1971-10Contemporary reporting, not a technical guide. Evidence ↗
- John Draper recounted technical exchange with Steve Wozniak
Date not establishedAttributed later recollection; not an inferred friendship. Evidence ↗
- Steve Wozniak built Wozniak blue box
1972Museum artifact record. Evidence ↗
- Steve Wozniak demonstrated Apple-1 at Homebrew Computer Club
1976Institutional history. Evidence ↗
- Ron Rosenbaum authored Secrets of the Little Blue Box
1971-10Historical archive scan; original article not republished. Evidence ↗
- Jason Scott founded TEXTFILES.COM
1998Author’s account. Evidence ↗
- Jason Scott created BBS: The Documentary
2005Author’s account. Evidence ↗
- Jason Scott authored Jason Scott remembrance
2007Remembrance of Joybubbles. Evidence ↗
- Jeff Moss founded DEF CON
Date not establishedFounder role; conflicting secondary dates are not resolved here. Evidence ↗
- Jeff Moss founded Black Hat
Date not establishedConference founder, not evidence of attendee affiliations. Evidence ↗
- Jeff Moss sworn in as advisory member DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council
2009-06-05Advisory service, not intelligence employment. Evidence ↗
- Emmanuel Goldstein cofounded and edited 2600
1984Historical speaker biography; no legal-name expansion. Evidence ↗
- Emmanuel Goldstein organized HOPE
1994Historical role, not a claim about current staffing. Evidence ↗
- Aleph One authored Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit
1996-11-08Public author credit; no inferred identity. Evidence ↗
- The Mentor wrote The Conscience of a Hacker
1986-01-08Composition date. Evidence ↗
- The Mentor published in Phrack
1986-09-25Issue release date, distinct from composition. Evidence ↗
- Wau Holland founding member Chaos Computer Club
Date not establishedFirst-party community history. Evidence ↗
- Dan Kaminsky presented in Black Hat DNS webcast
2008-07-24Conference-hosted record. Evidence ↗
- HD Moore founded Metasploit
2003Interview hosted by the project’s commercial steward. Evidence ↗
- Joanna Rutkowska founded Qubes OS
2009Project history. Evidence ↗
- Joanna Rutkowska coauthored Qubes architecture v0.3
2010-01Bibliography also credits Rafal Wojtczuk. Evidence ↗
- Katie Moussouris founded Luta Security
2016Organization biography. Evidence ↗
- Katie Moussouris led launch Hack the Pentagon
2016Biography’s account of Defense Department work; no intelligence affiliation inferred. Evidence ↗
- Andrew “bunnie” Huang authored Hacking the Xbox
Date not establishedPublisher attribution. Evidence ↗
- Andrew “bunnie” Huang documented design of Novena
2013Creator’s project account; hardware roles described on the topic page. Evidence ↗
- Solar Designer founded Openwall
Date not establishedProject biography. Evidence ↗
- Solar Designer coauthored Passive Analysis of SSH Traffic
2001-03-19Also credited to Dug Song; later revisions exist. Evidence ↗
- Phil Zimmermann created PGP
1991Author’s retrospective essay, updated in 1999. Evidence ↗
- Radia Perlman designed Spanning Tree Protocol
Date not establishedConference biography. Evidence ↗
- Radia Perlman presented Routing Without Tears, Bridging Without Danger
2006Official talk record. Evidence ↗
- Peiter “Mudge” Zatko researcher at L0pht
Date not establishedContemporary speaker biography. Evidence ↗
- Peiter “Mudge” Zatko program manager at DARPA
2011Historical role at a defense research agency; not current employment. Evidence ↗
- Peiter “Mudge” Zatko keynote speaker at Black Hat
2011How a Hacker Has Helped Influence the Government - and Vice Versa. Evidence ↗
- Alan Turing authored On Computable Numbers
1936Archive of the original paper. Evidence ↗
- Alan Turing joined codebreaking site Bletchley Park
1939-09Successor agency’s institutional history. Evidence ↗
- Alan Turing worked on secure voice during wartime visit Bell Laboratories
1942–1943Wartime visit, NOT employment. Cryptanalysis was collaborative. Evidence ↗
- Claude Shannon authored A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1948Institutional publication history. Evidence ↗
- Claude Shannon researcher at Bell Laboratories
1948Institutional history. Evidence ↗
- Ken Thompson developed Unix
1969Dennis Ritchie’s first-person history. Evidence ↗
- Ken Thompson researcher at Bell Laboratories
1969Historical role. Evidence ↗
- Dennis Ritchie co-developed Unix
1969First-person history. Evidence ↗
- Dennis Ritchie created C programming language
1971–1973First-person language history. Evidence ↗
- Dennis Ritchie researcher at Bell Laboratories
1969Historical role. Evidence ↗
- John Bardeen co-developed Point-contact transistor
1947-12Institutional history. Evidence ↗
- John Bardeen researcher at Bell Laboratories
1947Specific technical role. Evidence ↗
- Walter Brattain co-developed Point-contact transistor
1947-12Institutional history. Evidence ↗
- Walter Brattain researcher at Bell Laboratories
1947Specific technical role. Evidence ↗
- William Shockley supervised research group Bell Laboratories
1947Do not substitute this supervisory role for the collaborators’ device work. Evidence ↗
- Joe Grand member of L0pht
Date not establishedPublic biography. Evidence ↗
- Joe Grand created JTAGulator
Date not establishedRepository says maintenance transferred in July 2025; creator is not necessarily current maintainer. Evidence ↗
- Joe Grand designed DEF CON 14 badge
2006A concrete PIC10F202 microcontroller artifact. Evidence ↗
- Lee Felsenstein moderated Homebrew Computer Club
Date not establishedMuseum biography. Evidence ↗
- Lee Felsenstein co-developed Community Memory
1973Museum biography. Evidence ↗
- Lee Felsenstein co-developed SOL-20
Date not establishedMuseum credits collaborators; not a lone-inventor claim. Evidence ↗
- Lee Felsenstein designed Pennywhistle modem
Date not establishedMuseum biography. Evidence ↗
- Richard Thieme contributed to UFOs and Government
Date not establishedThe book’s stated scope begins in WWII, not prewar contact. Evidence ↗
- Richard Thieme presented DEF CON 29 presentation
2021Original slides establish what he presented, not independent proof of every claim. Evidence ↗