Tal Kollander’s history divides neatly into two halves: first as an active hacker and then as the block that stops hacks.
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Hacker Conversations: Jesse McGraw (GhostExodus), From Blackhat Hacker to Redemption
Once a notorious blackhat hacker, McGraw shares his journey from high school hacking and prison to redemption as a cybersecurity advocate.
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Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-Force Red, Co-Founder of RemoteThreat
Chris Thompson’s journey took him from hacking game controls as a teenager to founding IBM’s X-Force Red team.
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Hacker Conversations: Joey Melo on Hacking AI
AI red team specialist details his methods for manipulating AI guardrails through jailbreaking and data poisoning, helping developers harden machine learning models.
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Hacker Conversations: Ben Harris, From Unintentional Young Hacker to Intentional Adult CEO
Harris is a hacker with a rebellious spirit and a willingness to break rules in the pursuit of his purpose – but without causing harm or damage.
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Hacker Conversations: Inti De Ceukelaire, Raging Against the Machine Creatively
A Belgian national, De Ceukelaire’ did not set out to be a hacker. Like many hackers he was born with the potential to become one and only gradually realized he is one.
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Hacker Conversations: Katie Paxton-Fear Talks Autism, Morality and Hacking
From dismantling online games as a child to uncovering real-world vulnerabilities, Katie Paxton-Fear explains how autism, curiosity, and a rejection of ambiguity shaped her path into ethical hacking.
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Hacker Conversations: Alex Hall, One-time Fraudster
A first-person journey from undetected fraud to defending trust—how life events, neurodiversity, and hard-won insight shaped a former fraudster into a fraud fighter.
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Hacker Conversations: Kunal Agarwal and the DNA of a Hacker
For Agarwal, being a hacker is not what you do, but who you are; that is, someone who always questions the status quo and questions how it could be different.
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Hacker Conversations: McKenzie Wark, Author of A Hacker Manifesto
Known for her seminal book, A Hacker Manifesto, Wark reframes hacking as a cultural force rooted in play, creativity, and human nature.
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