Think like a hacker

Opinion
Jan 9, 20051 min

Last week, I interviewed a hacker named Geoff Shivley, whose experiences remind me of the hackers I encountered while researching the infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick for a best-selling book. Like other hackers I know, Shivley started young, in middle school. And he began with phones

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Deb Radcliff is an investigative journalist and analyst focused on computer crime and security. Her work has appeared on Security Boulevard, the SANS Cyber Security Blog, and SC Media, among other outlets. She stood up an analyst program for SANS Institute and ran it for 15 years before joining the Cyber Risk Alliance as strategic analyst on the business intelligence unit. She is author of the popular cyber thriller series, “Breaking Backbones,” available at Amazon.

Deb won two Neal Awards for investigative business reporting. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Jose State University.

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