Tõnu Samuel (born 3 July 1972)
[ is an ]Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n hacker commonly cited by mainstream media in topics regarding network security.
Samuel was born in Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
. Between 1979 and 1988, he attended the Tallinn Secondary Science School. In 1990–1992 he took courses in business
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...
and financial management. His career as a programmer began in 1991, while working at the Estonian Ministry of Communication.Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, before that he lived about 10 years in Räpina
Räpina ( vro, Räpinä, german: Rappin) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterpri ...
in southeastern Estonia.
References
* http://www.ohtuleht.ee/112959
* http://www.reporter.ee/2009/05/22/hakker-tonu-samuel-kondas-keskerakonna-kodukal/
* http://www.tartupostimees.ee/94096/arvutiguru-tonu-samuel-alustas-kohtuteed-vaidetavate-ahvardajate-suhtes/
* http://www.e24.ee/492760/tonu-samuel-elion-peaks-andma-sisulisemat-infot/
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1972 births
Living people
People from Tallinn
Estonian computer programmers
People associated with computer security
Estonian expatriates in Japan
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