Ralph (Rafael) Echemendia is a cyber security specialist, who is known as "The Ethical Hacker."
He specialises in protecting intellectual property in the entertainment industry and educating on security.
Early life
Echemendia was born in Cuba and raised in the US where he attended
Miami Senior High. His first computer was a
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...
. He began hacking with it at the age of 14.
Entertainment industry
Echemendia began working in entertainment via investigating the early online leak of an Eminem album.
In 2011, Echemendia was the lead technical investigator on the breach of security that led to ''
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'' leaking. He worked to identify the person responsible for leaking behind the scenes pictures and videos of the film, almost a year before the movie’s release.
In 2015, Echemendia worked with Stone on ''
Snowden Snowden may refer to:
* Snowden (surname), a given name and a family name
People
* Edward Snowden, former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013
Music
* Snowden ...
'', providing technical supervision. He supported the actors by explaining the background to the technical terms in the script. Echemendia and screenwriter Kieran Fitzgerald also worked with
Edward Snowden
Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American and naturalized Russian former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, when he was an employee and su ...
to replicate the actual
NSA
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collectio ...
log-in screen.
In 2016, Echemendia became the hacking consultant to directors and producers of ''
Nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.
A nerve transmits electrical impulses. It is the basic unit of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the e ...
''.
References
Further reading
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External links
The Ethical Hacker Website (official Ralph Echemendia website)*
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Living people
People from Havana
Computer security specialists
Script supervisors
Year of birth missing (living people)