Before becoming the rockstar of the ethical hacking community that advanced the field of cybersecurity, Mudge studied music at Berklee College. Prominent member of the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow, he was one of the seven hackers to testify before the US Senate in 1998. He worked for the White House, DARPA, Google, Stripe, and Twitter. Mudge helped to build the modern Internet we use, by deconstructing the ARPANET, the military ancestor of our computed communications. He’s a senior technical advisor in the Biden administration to help advance #SecureByDesign at CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency).
Mudge co-founded Touch Symposium after he attended Caroline’s Hacker Academy.