Andy Müller-Maguhn (born 3 October 1971) is a member of the

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association Chaos Computer Club (CCC). Having been a member since 1986, he was appointed as a spokesman for the club in 1990, and later served on its board until 2012. He runs a company that develops cryptophones. In an election in Autumn 2000, he was voted in as an at-large director of

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, which made him jointly responsible with 18 other directors for the worldwide development of guidelines and the decision of structural questions for the Internet structure. In 1995, Müller-Maguhn founded the "Datenreisebüro" ('Data Travel Agency'), based in a

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office since 2002. In 2005 and 2006, Müller-Maguhn was involved on the side of the parents of the deceased hacker Boris Floricic, better known as

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, in the case where they sought to prevent

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from disclosing his true name, although the name had appeared in many press accounts by that point in time. As of 2018, Müller-Maguhn runs a

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, does advocacy, and security consulting for companies and governments. His work has taken him around the world, including

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, where he attended a security conference organized by the Russian Ministry of Defence in 2016 and 2017,

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and

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Relationship with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

In 2011, Müller-Maguhn was criticized for his role in the CCC board's controversial decision to expel former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg, which was often attributed to Müller-Maguhn's close relation to Wikileaks founder

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and an ongoing conflict between Assange and Domscheit-Berg. At a general meeting in February 2012, this decision was reverted, while Müller-Maguhn was not reelected to the board. In 2011, Müller-Maguhn's company Bugged Planet worked with

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on the Spy Files release. Forbes suggested that Müller-Maguhn and Bugged Planet might be WikiLeaks' source for the Spy Files. The Mueller Report inferred that Müller-Maguhn may have assisted with transferring the DNC emails or the

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to WikiLeaks. In 2016, he delivered a USB to Assange, which he said contained personal messages for Assange, who had stopped using email. In July 2016, on the same day "Guccifer 2.0" sent Wikileaks encrypted files, Müller-Maguhn and Wau Holland board member

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met with Assange for over four hours. According to ''The Washington Post'', a former WikiLeaks associate said that, in 2016, Müller-Maguhn and a colleague oversaw submissions to WikiLeaks server. Müller-Maguhn said he did not oversee submissions. Müller-Maguhn was an alleged target of UC Global's surveillance of Julian Assange in the embassy. Müller-Maguhn is vice president for the Wau Holland Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board for the Courage Foundation. He appeared with

on Episode 8 and 9 of '' The World Tomorrow'', "Cypherpunks: 1/2". He is a contributor to Julian Assange's 2012 book '' Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet'' along with

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and

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References

External links

Müller-Maguhn's homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller-Maguhn, Andy 1971 births Living people Members of Chaos Computer Club People associated with WikiLeaks German computer specialists