It looks like Jonathan Brossard was the author: https://twitter.com/jonoberheide/status/251902357720403971 https://twitter.com/jonoberheide/status/2519023577204

It looks like Jonathan Brossard was the author: https://twitter.com/jonoberheide/status/251902357720403971 https://twitter.com/jonoberheide/status/251902357720403971 I doubt this is widely known on Hacker News, but Hakin9 is one of the most spammy organizations in infosec. They constantly beg everyone with any relationship to security online to write articles for them and it seems impossible to get them to stop. The creation of this epic troll was likely a direct response to that. The articles they do get tend to be more centered around using and running tools, which isn't that useful and doesn't help you grow, and are filled with typos and errors. I wouldn't be surprised if there were also egregious examples of plagiarism hidden in their magazine like what was discovered at the Infosec Institute (http://attrition.org/errata/plagiarism/infosec_institute/ http://attrition.org/errata/plagiarism/infosec_institute/).