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and purveyor of information security services. Home to the well-known

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mailing list, SecurityFocus columnists and writers included former

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prosecutor

Mark Rasch Mark D. Rasch is an attorney and author, working in the areas of corporate and government cybersecurity, privacy and incident response. He is the former Chief Security Evangelist for Verizon Communications after having been Vice President, Deput ...

, and hacker-turned-journalist

Kevin Poulsen Kevin Lee Poulsen (born November 30, 1965) is an American former black-hat hacker and a contributing editor at ''The Daily Beast''. Biography He was born in Pasadena, California, on November 30, 1965. Black-hat hacking On June 1, 1990, Poul ...

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