- Jeff Moss (hacker)
Jeff Moss, also known as Dark Tangent, is the founder of the Black Hat and
DEF CON computer hacker conferences.Cite web|url=http://pcworld.about.com/news/Apr032001id43842.htm|title=Three Minutes with Jeff Moss|accessdate=2008-02-16|author=Kim Zetter|work=PCWorld]Moss graduated from
Gonzaga University with a BA in Criminal Justice. He worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division and was a director at Secure Computing Corporation where he helped establish the Professional Services Department in the United States, Asia, and Australia [Cite web|url=http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-about/about.html|title=About Black Hat|accessdate=2008-05-18] .Moss is currently based in
Seattle , where he works as a security consultant for a company that is hired to test company's computer systems.Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/13/hacker.idg/index.html|title=Inside Jobs: Is there a Hacker in the Next Cubicle?|accessdate=2008-02-16|publisher=PCWorld.com|year=1998-08-13|author=Jonathan Littman] He's been interviewed on issues including: the internet situation between theUnited States andChina ,Cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/27/china.hackers/index.html|title=China - U.S. Cyber War Escalates|accessdate=2008-02-16|year=2001-05-01|author=Rose Tang|work=CNN.com] spoofing and other e-mail threats and the employment of hackers in a professional capability,Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/1999/02/08/feat.html|title=Designing the Future|accessdate=2008-02-16|publisher=Forbes.com|year=1999-02-08|author=Richard Thieme] including in law enforcement.Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2000/08/02/mu5.html|title=Law Enforcement Officials Recruit Hackers|accessdate=2008-02-16|publisher=Forbes.com|year=2000-08-02|author=Arik Hesseldahl]In 2005 Jeff Moss sold Black Hat to CMP Media, a subsidiary of UK-based United Business Media, for a rerported $14 Million USDCite web|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/CMP-Media-Buys-Black-Hat/|title=CMP Media Buys Black Hat|accessdate=2008-02-16|publisher=eWeek|year=2005-11-16|author=Ryan Naraine] . DEF CON was not included in the sale.
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