The Innocent Lives Foundation, also known as ILF, is an international
nonprofit organization
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dedicated to finding the true identities of anonymous child predators using
open-source intelligence
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, compiling conclusive reports, and handing the reports over to various types of law enforcement to help bring predators to justice. ILF also works to combat
child sexual abuse material by educating parents and guardians on ways to talk to their children about their online activity. The Innocent Lives Foundation was founded by
Christopher J. Hadnagy in 2017.
History
At
DEF CON
DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon or DC) is a hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include computer security professionals, journalists, lawyer ...
25 in 2017,
Christopher J. Hadnagy announced the creation of the Innocent Lives Foundation. Hadnagy's company ''Social-Engineer, LLC'' was involved in a
social engineering Social engineering may refer to:
* Social engineering (political science), a means of influencing particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale
* Social engineering (security), obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or ...
engagement for a company when his team uncovered
Tor
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* Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city
* Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano
* Tor Bay, Devon, England
* Tor River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Sc ...
traffic from one of the company's employees computers being used to trade
child sexual abuse material on the
dark web
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.
Board Members
*
Christopher J. Hadnagy
* Robin Dreeke
* Timothy J. Maloney
Notable Ambassadors
*
A. J. Cook
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* Dr. Michelle Ward
Directors
*
Erin Gray
References
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Organizations established in 2017