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Kevin Poulsen

ケビン・ポールセン　/　けびん・ぽーるせん

American journalist

November 30, 1965 (age 60)　・　Pasadena, California, United States

California
journalist
computer scientist
black hat

My Take

What fascinates me about Kevin Poulsen is the arc, not the arrest record. Plenty of hackers get caught; far fewer convert that insider fluency into credible journalism and stick with it for decades. The fact that a former black-hat became a contributing editor covering security tells me his redemption wasn't a press release, it was a career. I tend to trust technical writers who have actually been on the wrong side of the wire, because they know where the bodies are buried. Poulsen reads to me as proof that a misspent youth, properly metabolized, can sharpen rather than disqualify a voice.

Overview

Kevin Lee Poulsen (born November 30, 1965) is an American contributing editor at The Daily Beast, a former black-hat hacker, and convicted fraudster.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kevin Poulsen
Name (Japanese): ケビン・ポールセン
Reading: けびん・ぽーるせん
Born: November 30, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Snake
Origin: Pasadena, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / computer scientist / black hat

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.kevinpoulsen.com/
Xhttps://x.com/kpoulsen
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3

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