Anthony Zboralski

Anthony Zboralski is a French hacker, artist and internet entrepreneur.[1][2]

Anthony Zboralski
Born
Martigues, France
CitizenshipFrench, British
Known forsecurity, attention economy
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Websitezboralski.net

Childhood

Anthony Zboralski was born in Martigues (France). He attended Parmiter's School from 1989 to 1990.

Computer hacking

In 1994, Zboralski social engineered the FBI to connect to the internet and set up teleconferences with other hackers. Over a period of four months, Zboralski posed as its legal attaché in Paris, Thomas Baker, costing the FBI $250,000.[3]

Zboralski was part of a group of hackers called w00w00.[4]

Career

From 2011 to 2013, Zboralski worked as a managing consultant for IOActive. In 2014, Zboralski co-founded Belua Systems Limited[5]

Television

Surfez Couvert was a TV show co-written by Antoine Rivière and Zboralski in which Zboralski offered practical recommendations on how to protect our "life 2.0". It began airing on Game One in 2013 and was co-produced by Flair Production and MTV Networks France.[6]

gollark: (Similarly to math, table, etc)
gollark: A lot of the builtins in JS similarly just act as containers for static methods.
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gollark: Thus, """object""".
gollark: You can do `str:sub` and such because something something metatable.

References
  1. http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/itws/011107_it_vaubansys_zboralski.shtml
  2. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/satellite_tv_hacking/
  3. "Court sentences French hacker who used computer FBI Network". The Associated Press News Archives. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  4. O'Hear, Steve. "Inside The Billion-Dollar Hacker Club". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  5. "Who will be speaking at Observer Ideas 2014 - Anthony Zboralski, Cyber Security Expert and former hacker". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  6. "Surfez couvert". television.telerama.fr. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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