How Much of Your Personal Information Is Online?

Presented at THOTCON 0x5 (2014), April 25, 2014, 2 p.m. (20 minutes)

How many times have you heard of an "anonymous" hacker who got arrested because they forgot they put way too much information online, years ago, and law enforcement was able to connect the dots with nothing more than a matching username? Few people realize the sheer amount of personal information that is stored online, much of it in places you would never imagine. He provides a demonstration of just how easy it is for others to dig up one’s personal information. He will demonstrate how he scrapes information from 70+ sites and finds matches for usernames, emails and more.


Presenters:

  • whitehat1969
    Whitehat1969 has over 14 years of experience in performing vulnerability assessments, incident response and computer forensics. He is on the Cyber Security Team, responsible for assessing the cyber security of more than 16 government agencies. He has worn many hats including security admin, server admin, white hat, and even a jester hat. He enjoys a variety of hobbies including, coding Python and Perl, cooking Raspberry Pi's, Arduino tinkering, throwing knife making, welding, circus tricks, building tall bikes, and more.

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