Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42

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If you are reading this obituary online, you owe your digital safety to him.

Daniel Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday at his home in San Francisco. He was 42...

In 2008, Mr. Kaminsky was widely hailed as a digital Paul Revere after he found a serious flaw in the internet’s basic plumbing that could allow skilled coders to take over websites, siphon off bank credentials or even shut down the internet...

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html?smid=tw-share

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The IT community needs more people of his caliber, active in their passion to make the internet a safer place. Reading this on Wikipedia , he set the bar high and never looked back. 

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