GNUCITIZEN Ethical Hacker Outfit |
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| Origin | London |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 2005–NOW |
| Category | hacker think tank |
| Founder(s) | pdp |
| Product(s) | various |
| Affiliated Group(s) | Hakiri, Spin Hunters, Hackers for Charity |
| Website(s) | Main Site |
GNUCITIZEN is a recognized [1] ethical hacker outfit based in London, United Kingdom and Cologne, Germany.
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GNUCITIZEN is a non-profit organization which is based around a Blog network consisting of several popular [2] information security related sites. The GNUCITIZEN group has made some discoveries in the past related to technologies such as CITRIX, GMail[3] , BT Home Hub, UPnP, SNMP, PDF [4], etc. Today, GNUCITIZEN is one of the still existing and active organizations among other groups such as CULT OF THE DEAD COW, L0pht, The Hackers Choice, and others. Unlike old-school hacker groups, the GNUCITIZEN outfit goal is to create a healthy community of gifted individuals. The outfit is an active supporter of the Hackers for Charity group, OWASP and other none-profit and charity entities, according to their about page.
GNUCITIZEN is founded by Petko D. Petkov, also known as pdp, in 2005. In 2006, the projects grows into a blog using the popular Wordpress blogging platform. The blog quickly gets momentum due to its unique content and writing style. In the course of a year, the GNUCITIZEN blog becomes a major source of cutting-edge information security research primarily based around browser, client-side, Web and Web2.0 technologies. In 2007 GNUCITIZEN.ORG turns into an organization under the name of "GNUCITIZEN | Cutting-edge Think Tank | Ethical Hacker Outfit". At that time the GNUCITIZEN team consists of 5 members in total, representing hundreds of blog posts on various topics, several noteworthy papers, numerous publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities and two printed best-selling books. In 2008, due to popular demand, GNUCITIZEN.ORG grows into GNUCITIZEN.COM, the "Commercial, Unobtrusive Entity", and GNUCITIZEN.NET, the Network, also known as the Group. Today, GNUCITIZEN is recognized as one of the most influential opinion making/forming bodies in the spheres of information security, black public relations (Black PR), public relations security, and hacker culture, style and way of life.
The group itself is split among several domains. The GNUCITIZEN organization (.ORG) is one of the most vivid and influential[5]none-profit information security and hacker culture opinion-making/forming bodies in the world. The .COM domain is a commercial side-effect of the .ORG domain which works independently. The commercial entity was spawned due to the high demand of GNUCITIZEN branded services. The Network or the Group (.NET) combines and provides access to other GNUCITIZEN supported domains and projects such as Hakiri, the Hacker Lifestyle initiative, and Spin Hunters, Public Relations Security and Black PR research house.
The current GNUCITIZEN Network includes the following members:
GNUCITIZEN members have participated in many others local meetings and events. The outfit is most active in the UK.