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Hey! I'm David, cofounder of zkSecurity and author of Real-World Cryptography.

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I'm also an advisor at Archetype. I was previously a cryptography architect of Mina at O(1) Labs, the security lead for Libra/Diem at Facebook, and a security engineer at the Cryptography Services of NCC Group. Welcome to my blog about cryptography, security, and other related topics.

“Cryptologie” is the French spelling of “cryptology.”

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    VPN hacked and server used to mine bitcoins

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    That kind of stuff happens and it’s always pretty hard to know it happened and how it happened.

    Here’s an article about a guy who doesn’t seem to know much about security but does a fine job finding out what happened to him and what he can do to avoid future hacks.

    http://www.corrspt.com/blog/2014/01/18/tale-vps-hacked/

    suggested reads:
    → Belgian professor in cryptography hacked • blog
    → Did Korea hacked Sony? • blog
    → Silk Road caught, Tor compromised? • blog
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